Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 1), Shloka 17

Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वैः किंनरैर्यक्षैस्तथान्यैस्तत्पुरस्सरैः विविशुर्भवनं रम्यं हिमाद्रेर्हाटकोज्जवलम्

Transliteration

gandharvaiḥ kiṃnarairyakṣaistathānyaistatpurassaraiḥ viviśurbhavanaṃ ramyaṃ himādrerhāṭakojjavalam

Translation

गंधर्व, किन्नर, यक्ष तसेच इतर अग्रगामी जनांसह ते हिमाद्रीच्या सुवर्णदीप्त रम्य भवनात प्रविष्ट झाले।

Word by Word

• gandharvaiḥ: by Gandharvas
• gandharvaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

• kiṃnaraiḥ: by Kiṃnaras
• kiṃnaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃnara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

• yakṣaiḥ: by Yakṣas
• yakṣaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb/conjunction = 'and also/likewise'

• anyaiḥ: by others
• anyaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; used substantively 'by others'

• tat-purassaraiḥ: with them in front / led by them
• tat-purassaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + puras-sara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: 'tān puras-sarān' = having them in front/led by them; Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; qualifying anyaiḥ

• viviśuḥ: they entered
• viviśuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√viś (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ lakāra (लिट्, perfect), Prathama puruṣa, Bahuvacana

• bhavanam: mansion/abode
• bhavanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• ramyam: beautiful
• ramyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; qualifying bhavanam

• himādreḥ: of Himādri (Himālaya)
• himādreḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himādri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana

• hāṭaka-ujjvalam: bright with gold
• hāṭaka-ujjvalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭaka + ujjvala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (instrumental/association sense): 'hāṭakena ujjvalam' = shining with gold; Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; qualifying bhavanam

Speakers

• Narration (speaker not explicit in excerpt; commonly within Pulastya → Nārada frame)

Key Themes

• Sacred landscape and celestial beings
• Pilgrimage/holy-region grandeur
• Mythic geography

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text links spiritual stature and sacred space with harmony among diverse classes of beings; reverent order (forerunners, attendants) reflects cosmic discipline (ṛta) around holy centers.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily descriptive/upabṛṃhaṇa (supplementary glorification) tied to tīrtha and sacred geography; it is not a direct sarga/pratisarga account, but supports the Purāṇic function of mapping sacred cosmography.

What is the symbolic significance?

The gold-bright palace of Himādri symbolizes the ‘inner Himalaya’—steadfastness and purity—while Gandharvas/Kinnaras/Yakṣas indicate that artistry, liminality, and guardianship all converge in sanctified realms.