Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 74
The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
ततस्तु देवप्रवरो महेश्वरः पृथूदके स्नानमपास्तकल्मषः कृत्वा सनन्दिः सगणः सवाहनो महागिरिं मन्दरमाजगाम
tatastu devapravaro maheśvaraḥ pṛthūdake snānamapāstakalmaṣaḥ kṛtvā sanandiḥ sagaṇaḥ savāhano mahāgiriṃ mandaramājagāma
അതിനുശേഷം ദേവപ്രവരനായ മഹേശ്വരൻ പൃഥൂദകത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് മലിനതകൾ നീക്കി, നന്ദിയോടും ഗണങ്ങളോടും വാഹനത്തോടും കൂടി മഹാഗിരിയായ മന്ദരത്തിലേക്ക് എത്തി।
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FAQs
Purification is portrayed as effectual (“sins removed”) and is followed by purposeful movement toward worship/holy action; inner cleansing precedes higher spiritual engagement.
Falls under dharma/ācāra and tīrtha-māhātmya narrative expansions typical of Purāṇas; not a core sarga/pratisarga unit, but an instructive sacred-geography episode.
Mandara, a paradigmatic sacred mountain, functions as an axis of ritual elevation; Śiva’s retinue (Nandin, gaṇas, vāhana) externalizes divine sovereignty ordered around dharma.