Vamana Purana — Ritadhvaja Aids Galava, Shloka 5
Ritadhvaja’s Aid to Galava and Andhaka’s Infatuation with Gauri
पुलस्त्य उवाच पुरा तपस्तप्यति गालवर्षिर्महाश्रमे स्वे सततं निविष्टः पपातालकेतुस्तपसो ऽस्य विघ्नं करोति मौढ्यात् स समाधिभङ्गम्
pulastya uvāca purā tapastapyati gālavarṣirmahāśrame sve satataṃ niviṣṭaḥ papātālaketustapaso 'sya vighnaṃ karoti mauḍhyāt sa samādhibhaṅgam
पुलस्त्य म्हणाले—पूर्वी गालव ऋषी आपल्या महान् आश्रमात सतत निवास करून तपश्चर्या करीत होते. तेव्हा पाताळकेतूने मूर्खपणाने त्यांच्या तपात विघ्न आणले आणि त्यांची समाधी भंग केली.
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FAQs
Tapas is portrayed as a force that can reshape cosmic balance; therefore, asuric figures attempt to interrupt it to prevent the accrual of spiritual power or the success of a dhārmic objective. The ‘vighna’ motif also provides the moral rationale for heroic intervention.
It implies Gālava was not merely performing external austerities but had entered deep meditative absorption. The offense is thus grave: it violates the sanctity of contemplative discipline and justifies corrective action by dhārmic agents (kings or gods).
Not from these verses alone. The text gives a generic descriptor (‘his great hermitage’) without naming a riverbank, forest, or pilgrimage site. Identification would require additional surrounding verses or a known recension that supplies a toponym.