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Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 87

Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode

Devanagari script

ततश्चकार भगवांश्चातुर्वर्ण्यं हरार्चने शास्त्राणि चैषां मुख्यानि नानोक्तिविदितानि च / 6.86 आद्यं शैवं परिख्यातमन्यत्पाशुपतं मुने तृतीयं कालवदनं चतुर्थं च कपालिनम्

Transliteration

tataścakāra bhagavāṃścāturvarṇyaṃ harārcane śāstrāṇi caiṣāṃ mukhyāni nānoktividitāni ca / 6.86 ādyaṃ śaivaṃ parikhyātamanyatpāśupataṃ mune tṛtīyaṃ kālavadanaṃ caturthaṃ ca kapālinam

Translation

Kemudian Tuhan menetapkan cāturvarṇya, iaitu tatanan empat varṇa, bagi pemujaan kepada Hara. Dan kitab-kitab utama bagi tradisi-tradisi ini, yang diketahui melalui pelbagai ajaran, ialah: pertama, sistem Śaiva yang masyhur; berikutnya Pāśupata, wahai resi; ketiga Kālavadana; dan keempat Kapālin.

Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (Avyaya), 'then/thereafter'
चकारmade/created
चकार:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg)
भगवान्the Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)
चातुर्वर्ण्यम्the fourfold varṇa-system
चातुर्वर्ण्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcātur + varṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg); तत्पुरुष-समास: 'चतुर्णां वर्णानां भावः/समूहः'
हरार्चनेin the worship of Hara (Śiva)
हरार्चने:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothara + arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन (sg); तत्पुरुष: 'हरस्य अर्चनम्'
शास्त्राणिtreatises/scriptures
शास्त्राणि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśāstra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), बहुवचन (pl)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, conjunction
एषाम्of these
एषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Gen. 6), बहुवचन (pl)
मुख्यानिprincipal/chief
मुख्यानि:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), बहुवचन (pl); विशेषण of शास्त्राणि
नानोक्‍तिविदितानिknown through various utterances/teachings
नानोक्‍तिविदितानि:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnānā + ukti + vidita (प्रातिपदिक; √vid (धातु) → विदित (कृदन्त))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), बहुवचन (pl); कृदन्त: 'विदित' (past passive participle); तत्पुरुष-समास: 'नानाविध-उक्तिभिः विदितानि'
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, conjunction
आद्यम्the first
आद्यम्:
Visheshya-nirdesha (विशेष्यनिर्देश)
TypeAdjective
Rootādya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
शैवम्Śaiva
शैवम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśaiva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
परिख्यातम्well-known
परिख्यातम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpari + √khyā (धातु) → parikhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg); भूतकृदन्त (PPP)
अन्यत्another/second
अन्यत्:
Visheshya-nirdesha (विशेष्यनिर्देश)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
पाशुपतम्Pāśupata
पाशुपतम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāśupata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
मुनेO sage
मुने:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m), सम्बोधन (Voc. 8), एकवचन (sg)
तृतीयम्the third
तृतीयम्:
Visheshya-nirdesha (विशेष्यनिर्देश)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛtīya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
कालवदनम्Kālavadana (name/title)
कालवदनम्:
Visheshya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla + vadana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg); तत्पुरुष: 'कालस्य वदनम्'
चतुर्थम्the fourth
चतुर्थम्:
Visheshya-nirdesha (विशेष्यनिर्देश)
TypeAdjective
Rootcaturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय, conjunction
कपालिनम्Kapālin (name/title)
कपालिनम्:
Visheshya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootkapālin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. 1/2), एकवचन (sg)
Speakers
Not explicit in excerpt; verse addresses a ‘mune’ (sage)consistent with Purāṇic dialogue style
Primary Deities
Śiva (Hara)Bhagavān (agent of institution; often Viṣṇu in Vāmana Purāṇa contexts)
Key Themes
ShaivismRitualsDharma/Varna orderSectarian HarmonyScriptural classification
Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

The passage frames religious practice as socially integrative: Hara-worship is presented as compatible with cāturvarṇya (ordered duties), implying that devotion is to be lived through regulated conduct rather than mere identity-based sectarianism.

This is primarily ācāra/dharma material (norms of worship and social-religious organization) embedded in Purāṇic narration. It supports the Purāṇic function of prescribing practice and mapping doctrinal lineages rather than cosmogony (sarga/pratisarga).

Listing multiple Śaiva streams (Śaiva, Pāśupata, Kālavadana, Kapālin) symbolizes pluralism within Śaiva religion and a Purāṇic attempt to domesticate even fierce/ascetic modes (e.g., Kapālin) within an overarching dharmic order.

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