Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 67
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
स च दैत्येश्वरो यक्षैर्मालवटपुरस्सरैः चितामारोपितः सा च श्यामा तं चारुहत् पतिम्
sa ca daityeśvaro yakṣairmālavaṭapurassaraiḥ citāmāropitaḥ sā ca śyāmā taṃ cāruhat patim
ထို ဒိုင်တျာတို့၏ အရှင်ကို ယက္ခတို့နှင့် မာလဝဋ၏ ခေါင်းဆောင်များက မီးသင်္ဂြိုဟ်စင် (चिता) ပေါ်သို့ တင်ကြ၏။ ထို့နောက် ရှျာမာလည်း မိမိခင်ပွန်းနှင့်အတူ ထိုစင်ပေါ်သို့ တက်လေ၏။
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FAQs
The verse juxtaposes royal death-ritual with conjugal loyalty; Purāṇic narration often uses such scenes to stress the gravity of karma and the social-ritual order even among non-deva lineages.
Carita/Vamśānucarita-style narrative detail (death and rites of a ruler) serving as supporting material for a regional māhātmya; not cosmogenesis but exemplary local history.
Cremation (citā) marks closure of a violent reign; Śyāmā’s ascent can symbolize anugamana—devotion following the spouse beyond death—while also functioning as a narrative intensifier to sacralize the locale through memorable events.