Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 23
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
नारद उवाच/ को ऽसावनङ्गो ब्रह्मर्षे तस्मिन् बदरिकाश्रमे यं ददर्श जगन्नाथो देवो नारायणो ऽव्ययः
nārada uvāca/ ko 'sāvanaṅgo brahmarṣe tasmin badarikāśrame yaṃ dadarśa jagannātho devo nārāyaṇo 'vyayaḥ
Nārada berkata: “Wahai brahmarṣi, siapakah ‘Anaṅga’ itu di pertapaan Badarikā, yang telah dilihat oleh Tuhan alam semesta—Nārāyaṇa, dewa yang tidak binasa?”
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FAQs
Even powerful cosmic forces like desire (Kāma) are subordinated to tapas and divine will; the epithet ‘Anaṅga’ signals that desire can persist as a subtle force even when its gross embodiment is removed.
Devatānucarita / Vamśānucarita-adjacent narrative material (accounts of deities and their epithets), embedded in the saṃvāda framework rather than sarga/pralaya description.
Badarikāśrama evokes ascetic restraint; asking ‘who is Anaṅga?’ frames desire as a theological problem—how it appears near the highest sanctity and in the presence of Nārāyaṇa.