Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 62

Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)

Devanagari script

ततः सुरान् ब्रह्महरीन्द्रमुख्यान् प्रणम्य संपूज्य यथाविभागम् विसर्ज्य भूतैः सहितो महीध्रमध्यावसन्मन्दरमष्टमूर्तिः

Transliteration

tataḥ surān brahmaharīndramukhyān praṇamya saṃpūjya yathāvibhāgam visarjya bhūtaiḥ sahito mahīdhramadhyāvasanmandaramaṣṭamūrtiḥ

Translation

ထို့နောက် ဗြဟ္မာ၊ ဟရီ(ဗိဿနု) နှင့် အိန္ဒြာတို့ကို အဓိကထား၍ ဒေဝတားတို့အား ဦးညွတ်ပူဇော်ကာ တစ်ဦးချင်းစီ၏ အခွင့်အရေးအတိုင်း သင့်တော်စွာ ဂုဏ်ပြုလှူဒါန်းပြီးနောက် သူတို့ကို ပြန်လွှတ်လိုက်သည်။ ထို့ပြင် ဘူတများနှင့်အတူ အရှစ်ရုပ်သဏ္ဌာန်ရှိသော သီဝ(ရှီဝ) သည် မန္ဒရာတောင်ပေါ်တွင် နေထိုင်တည်ရာယူ하였다။

Speakers

• Narrative voice (contextually within Pulastya’s discourse to Nārada across this section)

Primary Deities

• Śiva (Rudra/Śarva)
• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu (Hari)
• Indra

Key Themes

• Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava–Brāhma unity (Brahmā–Hari–Indra honored by Rudra)
• Ritual propriety (yathāvibhāgam)
• Rudra’s mountain-residence with Bhūtas
• Aṣṭamūrti theology

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Who is the “Aṣṭamūrti” mentioned here, and why is it significant?

Aṣṭamūrti is Śiva conceived as manifest in eight cosmic forms (a classical Śaiva theological motif). The epithet signals that the narrative is not merely about a local deity on a mountain, but about a cosmic Rudra whose presence pervades the elements and directions.

What does “yathāvibhāgam” imply in a Purāṇic ritual context?

It indicates honoring each deity according to proper rank and allotted share—i.e., fitting worship, precedence, and offerings. The verse emphasizes order and dharmic propriety even among gods.

What is the geographical anchor of this verse?

Mandara is the explicit sacred-geographical marker. In Purāṇic imagination it is a famed mountain (also known from the churning myth), here functioning as Rudra’s chosen residence after the divine assembly disperses.