Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 42
Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)
हिमवानुवाच मत्पुत्रीं भगवन् कालीं पौत्रीं च पुलहाग्रजे पितॄणामपि दौहित्रीं प्रतीच्छेमां मयोद्यताम्
himavānuvāca matputrīṃ bhagavan kālīṃ pautrīṃ ca pulahāgraje pitṝṇāmapi dauhitrīṃ pratīcchemāṃ mayodyatām
ഹിമവാൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഭഗവൻ, എന്റെ പുത്രി കാളിയെ സ്വീകരിക്കണമേ; അവൾ പുലഹന്റെ അഗ്രജന്റെ പൗത്രിയെന്നും പിതൃകളുടെ ദൗഹിത്രിയെന്നും പറയപ്പെടുന്നു. ഞാൻ സമർപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഈ കന്യയെ ഗ്രഹിക്കണമേ।”
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FAQs
The verse presents marriage/union as a dharmic act embedded in lineage and ancestral continuity; invoking Pitṛ-relations emphasizes responsibility to family and tradition while making offerings to the deity.
Primarily Vamśānucarita (genealogical/narrative material), since the verse foregrounds kinship descriptors (pautrī, dauhitrī) to situate Kāli within a sacral lineage network.
By linking Kāli to sages/ancestors (Pulaha’s line, Pitṛs), the text sacralizes her identity as not merely personal but cosmic-ancestral—suggesting that Śiva’s acceptance integrates wild transformative power (Kālī) into the ordered continuum of dharma and lineage.