Vamana Purana — Kuru's Consecration, Shloka 35

Kuru’s Consecration and the Sanctification of Samantapañcaka (Kurukshetra)

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रसाद्धृषीकेश शङ्खचक्रगदाधर अक्षयं प्रवरे क्षेत्रे भवत्वत्र महाफलम्

Transliteration

tvatprasāddhṛṣīkeśa śaṅkhacakragadādhara akṣayaṃ pravare kṣetre bhavatvatra mahāphalam

Translation

हे हृषीकेश! शंख-चक्र-गदाधर! तुझ्या कृपेने या श्रेष्ठ क्षेत्रात येथे महाफळ अक्षय होवो.

Word by Word

• tvat-prasādāt: from your grace
• tvat-prasādāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वत्-प्रसादः) + अपादान (from your grace)

• hṛṣīkeśa: O Hṛṣīkeśa
• hṛṣīkeśa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dhara: O bearer of conch, discus, and mace
• śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dhara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkha (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + gadā (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (शङ्खं चक्रं गदां च धरतीति)

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (imperishable)

• prare: in the excellent
• prare: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pravara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (in the excellent)

• kṣetre: in the sacred place/field
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (in the field/place)

• bhavatu: may it be
• bhavatu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘let it be’

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• mahā-phalam: great fruit/result
• mahā-phalam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् फलम्)

Speakers

• Devotional address/prayer to Vishnu (Hṛṣīkeśa); the narrative speaker is not explicit in the excerpt (likely within Pulastya–Nārada discourse).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Hṛṣīkeśa)

Key Themes

• Bhakti
• Grace (prasada)
• Akshaya punya
• Tirtha-Mahatmya
• Vaishnava iconography

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Merit is ultimately stabilized by divine grace: ritual and pilgrimage culminate in bhakti, where the devotee seeks ‘akṣaya’ (inexhaustible) spiritual benefit not merely through action, but through surrender to the Lord.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is devotional-dharma content embedded in a kṣetra-mahātmya passage. It is ancillary to the five marks, serving as purāṇic upadeśa (instruction) that motivates tīrtha practice through theology of grace.

What is the symbolic significance?

Śaṅkha-cakra-gadā signify the Lord’s sovereignty over creation (order, protection, and correction). ‘Akṣaya-phala’ symbolizes a result that transcends the perishability of ordinary karma—pointing toward enduring spiritual attainment supported by prasāda.