Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 1
Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)
इति श्रीवामनपुराणे षड्विंशो ऽध्यायः पुलस्त्य उवाच समागतान् सुरान् दृष्ट्वा नन्दिराख्यातवान् विभोः अथोत्थाय हरिं भक्त्या परिष्वज्य न्यपीडयत्
iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ pulastya uvāca samāgatān surān dṛṣṭvā nandirākhyātavān vibhoḥ athotthāya hariṃ bhaktyā pariṣvajya nyapīḍayat
“ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀବାମନପୁରାଣର ଷଡ୍ବିଂଶ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ।” ପୁଲସ୍ତ୍ୟ କହିଲେ—ସମାଗତ ଦେବମାନଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖି ନନ୍ଦୀ ବିଭୁଙ୍କୁ ସୂଚନା ଦେଲେ; ପରେ ଉଠି ଭକ୍ତିରେ ହରିଙ୍କୁ ଆଲିଙ୍ଗନ କରି ନିକଟରେ ଚେପି ଧରିଲେ।
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FAQs
Devotion transcends sectarian boundaries: Nandin—iconically tied to Śiva—embraces Hari in bhakti, modeling reverence across theological ‘camps’ and presenting divine reality as mutually honoring rather than rivalrous.
The colophon marks textual segmentation; the narrated act belongs to episodic carita within the Pulastya–Nārada dialogue frame. It supports the Purāṇa’s didactic aim (dharma/bhakti) rather than genealogical or cosmological pancalakṣaṇa elements.
Nandin’s embrace of Hari functions as a Harihara signal: Śiva’s intimate attendant recognizes Viṣṇu as worthy of direct, affectionate worship. The motif encodes unity-in-difference—distinct deities, shared supreme sanctity.