Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 51
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
हर उवाच यस्मात्त्वया पुत्र सुदुर्धराणि विजृम्भणादीन् प्रतीच्छितानि तस्माद्वरं त्वां प्रतिपूजनाय दास्यामि लोक्य च हास्यकारि
hara uvāca yasmāttvayā putra sudurdharāṇi vijṛmbhaṇādīn pratīcchitāni tasmādvaraṃ tvāṃ pratipūjanāya dāsyāmi lokya ca hāsyakāri
हर म्हणाला—पुत्रा, तू विजृम्भण इत्यादी अत्यंत दुर्धर क्लेश स्वीकारलेस; म्हणून तुझ्या योग्य पूजेच्या प्रतिदानार्थ मी तुला असा लौकिक वर देईन जो लोकांना हास्य उत्पन्न करील।
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FAQs
Endurance of hardship undertaken in a devotional or disciplined context is portrayed as meritorious and worthy of divine reciprocation; the deity responds with a boon proportionate to the devotee’s acceptance (pratīcchā) and worship (pratipūjā).
Vamśānucarita/Carita-type material (narrative of boons and their consequences) rather than cosmological Sarga/Pratisarga; it functions as a didactic episode explaining a ritual result and its social effect.
‘Hāsyakāri’ frames a paradoxical boon: what appears as ridicule or comic effect becomes a marked, deity-authored sign (liṅga) of divine favor—suggesting that social perception can be inverted when viewed through a dhārmic lens.