Vamana Purana — Shukra's Samjivani, Shloka 71

Shukra’s Saṃjīvanī, Shiva’s Containment of the Asuras, and Indra’s Recovery of Power

Devanagari script

ततो ननाम शिरसा ततश्चक्रे प्रदक्षिणम् हिरण्यगर्भेत्यादित्यमुपतस्थे जजाप ह

Transliteration

tato nanāma śirasā tataścakre pradakṣiṇam hiraṇyagarbhetyādityamupatasthe jajāpa ha

Translation

मग त्याने मस्तक झुकवून नमस्कार केला; नंतर प्रदक्षिणा घातली. ‘हिरण्यगर्भ’ असे म्हणत आदित्य (सूर्य) याची उपासना करून मंत्रजप केला।

Speakers

• Narrator voice (Purāṇic narration) describing the devotee’s ritual actions; interlocutors not explicit in the given excerpt.

Primary Deities

• Āditya (Sūrya)

Key Themes

• Stuti and ritual devotion
• Pradakṣiṇā as reverential practice
• Solar theology (Āditya as Hiraṇyagarbha)
• Mantra-japa

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why is the Sun addressed as “Hiraṇyagarbha” here?

“Hiraṇyagarbha” is a Vedic cosmological epithet for the primordial source of creation. Applied to Āditya, it frames the Sun not merely as a luminary but as the manifest cosmic principle of origin, order, and life—consistent with Purāṇic solar theology.

What is the ritual significance of pradakṣiṇā in this context?

Pradakṣiṇā (clockwise circumambulation) is a bodily enactment of reverence: the worshipper places the deity at the ‘right’ (auspicious) side, expressing submission and alignment with dharmic order.

Does this verse contain any geographical/tīrtha reference typical of the Vāmana Purāṇa?

No. Despite the Vāmana Purāṇa’s strong geographical orientation elsewhere, this śloka is purely ritual-devotional and does not name a specific tīrtha or landscape feature.