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Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 15

Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology

Devanagari script

स्नानदानतपांसीह होमजप्यादिकाः क्रियाः भविष्यन्त्यक्षया नॄणां मृतानामपुनर्भवः

Transliteration

snānadānatapāṃsīha homajapyādikāḥ kriyāḥ bhaviṣyantyakṣayā nṝṇāṃ mṛtānāmapunarbhavaḥ

Translation

Wahai singa dalam kalangan pertapa, amalan seperti mandi di tīrtha suci, bersedekah (dāna), tapa, homa (persembahan api), japa (zikir/mantra) dan upacara yang berkaitan menjadi tidak binasa bagi manusia; dan bagi yang telah meninggal ada “tidak kembali” (apunarbhava), yakni bebas daripada kelahiran semula.

Word by Word

स्नानदानतपांसिbathing, giving, and austerities

इहhere

होमजप्यादिकाःsuch as oblations and recitations, etc.

क्रियाःrites/actions

भविष्यन्तिwill become / will be

अक्षयाःimperishable

नॄणाम्of men

मृतानाम्of the dead

अपुनर्भवःnon-return (no rebirth)

Speakers

Unspecified in the excerpt (within Adhyaya 34’s tīrtha-mahima narration; addressed to an ascetic/ṛṣi styled ‘tapāṃsīha’).

Primary Deities

Shiva

Key Themes

Tirtha MahimaAkshaya-punya (inexhaustible merit)Ritual economy (snana-dana-homa-japa)Liberation of ancestors (apunarbhava)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why are ordinary rites said to become ‘akṣaya’ here?

The verse frames a tīrtha as a merit-multiplier: when standard dharmic acts (snāna, dāna, homa, japa) are performed in a sanctified geography, their fruit is described as inexhaustible (akṣaya), a common Purāṇic idiom for intensified karmic yield.

Does ‘apunarbhavaḥ’ mean immediate mokṣa for all the dead?

Purāṇic usage often speaks in idealized terms: ‘apunarbhava’ indicates release from return to saṃsāra, typically understood as the highest fruit available through the tīrtha’s grace, especially when rites are performed with proper intention, purity, and ancillary observances.

Who is ‘tapāṃsīha’ in context?

‘Tapāṃsīha’ is an honorific (“lion among ascetics”) used for the listener—often a sage—signaling that the teaching is being delivered within a r̥ṣi-to-r̥ṣi (or narrator-to-sage) dialogue typical of Purāṇic tīrtha sections.