Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 30
Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)
ततः प्रविष्टं प्रसमीक्ष्य शंभुं शैलेन्द्रवेश्मन्यबला ब्रुवन्ति स्थाने तपो दुश्चरमम्बिकायाश्चीर्णं महानेष सुरस्तु शंभुः
tataḥ praviṣṭaṃ prasamīkṣya śaṃbhuṃ śailendraveśmanyabalā bruvanti sthāne tapo duścaramambikāyāścīrṇaṃ mahāneṣa surastu śaṃbhuḥ
ထို့နောက် တောင်တန်းအရှင်၏ အိမ်တော်အတွင်းသို့ ရှမ္ဘု ဝင်လာသည်ကို မြင်ကြသော်၊ ထိုနေရာရှိ မိန်းမများက ပြောကြသည်– «အမ္ဗိကာသည် သင့်လျော်သောနည်းဖြင့် ခက်ခဲကြမ်းတမ်းသော တပေါကို ကျင့်ဆောင်ခဲ့သည်။ ဤကြီးမြတ်သော နတ်သည် အခြားမဟုတ်၊ ရှမ္ဘုပင် ဖြစ်သည်»။
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FAQs
It indicates that Pārvatī’s tapas was both ‘properly undertaken’ (sthāne—according to rule, with right intention and discipline) and exceptionally difficult (duścara), underscoring tapas as a legitimate spiritual cause for attaining Śiva as husband.
The narrative uses communal recognition as a literary device: Śiva’s presence is self-authenticating through his tejas and iconographic markers (e.g., bull-mount in the prior verse). Their statement also validates Ambikā’s tapas as efficacious.
Yes, but at a broad level: it locates the scene in the Himalayan domain (the ‘mountain-king’s residence’). For tīrtha-metadata, it is an ‘implicit Himalayan locus’ rather than a named pilgrimage site.