Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 82

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

Devanagari script

हर उवाच किमर्थं देवतानाथौ परिभूतक्रमं त्विह मां स्तुवाते भृशास्वस्थं कामतापितविग्रहम्

Transliteration

hara uvāca kimarthaṃ devatānāthau paribhūtakramaṃ tviha māṃ stuvāte bhṛśāsvasthaṃ kāmatāpitavigraham

Translation

ହର କହିଲେ—ହେ ଦେବତାନାଥଦ୍ୱୟ! କ୍ରମରେ ପରିଭୂତ/ଉପେକ୍ଷିତ ମୋତେ ତୁମେ ଏଠାରେ କାହିଁକି ସ୍ତୁତି କରୁଛ? ମୁଁ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଅସ୍ୱସ୍ଥ, କାମତାପରେ ପୀଡିତ ଦେହଧାରୀ।

Word by Word

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• किमर्थम्: why
• किमर्थम्: Hetu/Prashna (हेतु/Question)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किमर्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: for what purpose/why)

• देवतानाथौ: the two lords of the gods
• देवतानाथौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवतानां नाथौ)

• परिभूतक्रमम्: one whose proper order is violated/insulted
• परिभूतक्रमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + भू (धातु) + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘परिभूत’ (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/PPP) + ‘क्रम’ = कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (परिभूतः क्रमः यस्य/यत्)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• स्तुवाते: (you two) praise
• स्तुवाते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (Dual)

• भृश: greatly
• भृश: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृश (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक-अव्यय (adverb: greatly)

• अस्वस्थम्: unwell; disturbed
• अस्वस्थम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्वस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कामतापितविग्रहम्: whose body is tormented by desire
• कामतापितविग्रहम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम + तापित (तप्-धातु, कृदन्त PPP) + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (कामेन तापितः विग्रहः यस्य/यत्)

Speakers

• Hara (Śiva) speaking to the two Devas (devatānāthau)

Primary Deities

• Shiva
• The Devas

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Bhakti
• Stuti (praise)
• Sectarian Harmony

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even a great deity is approached through humility and praise; the episode frames devotion (stuti) as a means to restore balance when dharmic order or precedence has been disturbed.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Ākhyāna (narrative episode) rather than cosmogenesis; it is an embedded dialogue illustrating dharma and devotion through divine interaction.

What is the symbolic significance?

Śiva’s ‘unease’ and mention of desire-torment signals a narrative tension requiring pacification through bhakti; it also sets up the legitimacy of liṅga-related worship as something even the Devas invoke.