Vamana Purana — Shukra's Curse on King Danda, Shloka 56
Shukra’s Curse on King Danda and Andhaka’s Challenge to Shiva
ततो बहून् वर्षगणान् बभ्रमुस्ते जनास्त्रयः तासामर्थाय शकुनिर्जाबालिः सऋतध्वजः
tato bahūn varṣagaṇān babhramuste janāstrayaḥ tāsāmarthāya śakunirjābāliḥ saṛtadhvajaḥ
ਤਦੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਉਹ ਤਿੰਨੇ ਜਣੇ ਅਨੇਕਾਂ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆਂ ਤੱਕ ਭਟਕਦੇ ਰਹੇ। ਜੀਵਿਕਾ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਰਜ-ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਸ਼ਕੁਨੀ, ਜਾਬਾਲੀ ਅਤੇ ਸਤਧ੍ਵਜ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਚਲੇ।
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FAQs
In this passage they function as named figures connected with the three wanderers’ ‘artha’ (means/purpose). The verse itself does not label them (ṛṣi/rāja), so identification depends on the surrounding chapter narrative; in tirtha-mahātmya sections, such names often denote local lineages, patrons, or intermediaries who facilitate travel, subsistence, or ritual performance.
Both senses are available. In Purāṇic narrative, artha commonly covers livelihood/support during wandering, but it can also mean ‘to accomplish their objective’ (e.g., reaching a place, fulfilling a vow). The immediate context (roaming for many years) favors ‘means of subsistence/maintenance’ while traveling.
No explicit river, lake, forest, or tirtha-name appears in 39.56; it is a transitional narrative line within the broader Saro-tirtha context.