Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 14
The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
इत्येवं ब्रह्मणा शप्ता हिमवद् दुहिता मुने आपोमयी ब्रह्मलोकं प्लावयामास वेगिनी
ityevaṃ brahmaṇā śaptā himavad duhitā mune āpomayī brahmalokaṃ plāvayāmāsa veginī
ഇങ്ങനെ, ഹേ മുനേ, ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ ശാപത്താൽ ഹിമവതന്റെ പുത്രി ജലമയിയായി മാറി, വേഗത്തോടെ ബ്രഹ്മലോകത്തെ പ്രളയിപ്പിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി.
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FAQs
Even higher realms (Brahmaloka) are depicted as vulnerable to disorder when dharma is violated and cosmic forces are unleashed. The narrative underscores that ethical transgression has systemic consequences, not merely personal ones.
This is cosmological narration (Sarga/Pratisarga flavor): it describes a world-condition (inundation of Brahmaloka) arising from a prior act and curse, functioning as an etiological mini-myth within the Purāṇic fabric.
Flooding of Brahmaloka dramatizes the idea that unbounded ‘waters’ (often symbolizing undifferentiated potential or chaos) can overwhelm even the seat of order unless constrained by mantra/śruti—anticipating the next verse’s ‘binding’ through Vedic utterance.