Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 41
The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)
तमाक्रन्दितमाकर्ण्य चारणा गगनेचराः हा देति चुक्रुशुः सर्वे हरभक्तः पतत्यसौ
tamākranditamākarṇya cāraṇā gaganecarāḥ hā deti cukruśuḥ sarve harabhaktaḥ patatyasau
ते आक्रंदन ऐकून आकाशचारी चारण सर्व ‘हाय!’ असे ओरडले—“हा हराचा (शिवाचा) भक्त पडतो आहे!”
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds bhakti as a cosmic concern: the distress of a true devotee is not private but reverberates through the worlds, prompting even celestial beings to react—implying that devotion (and its protection) is a matter of dharma upheld by the universe.
This is best classed under Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative episode) rather than cosmogenesis: it advances an event-sequence involving divine agency and conflict (a story-unit within the Purāṇic historical/narrative layer).
The Cāraṇas as ‘sky-borne witnesses’ symbolize the moral publicity of dharma: when a Śiva-bhakta ‘falls’ (is struck down), it signals a rupture in cosmic order that must be addressed by the deity associated with protection of devotees.