Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 36

Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata

Devanagari script

कानीनश्च सहोढश्च क्रीतः पौनर्भवस्तथा स्वयेदत्तः पारशवः षडदायादबन्धवाः

Transliteration

kānīnaśca sahoḍhaśca krītaḥ paunarbhavastathā svayedattaḥ pāraśavaḥ ṣaḍadāyādabandhavāḥ

Translation

“O kānīna, o sahoḍha, o krīta, o paunarbhava, o que se dá a si mesmo (svayaṃdatta) e o pāraśava—estes seis são contados como herdeiros/parentes (ādāyāda-bandhava).”

Word by Word

• कानीनः: kānīna (son)
• कानीनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषः (son of an unmarried girl)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• सहोढः: sahoḍha (son)
• सहोढः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहोढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषः (child born with the bride/at marriage)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• क्रीतः: the purchased (son)
• क्रीतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषः (purchased son)

• पौनर्भवः: paunarbhava (son)
• पौनर्भवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौनर्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषः (son of a remarried woman)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ (also)

• स्वयेदत्तः: self-given (son)
• स्वयेदत्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयम् + दत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभाव (स्वयम् दत्तः) पुत्र-विशेषः

• पारशवः: pāraśava (son)
• पारशवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुत्र-विशेषः (son of a Śūdra woman by a Brāhmaṇa etc., ‘pāraśava’)

• षट्: six
• षट्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; (दायादबन्धवाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• दायादबन्धवाः: heirs and kinsmen
• दायादबन्धवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दायाद + बन्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (दायादाश्च बन्धवाश्च)

Speakers

• Context implies a dharma-discourse; specific speaker not explicit in this verse alone (see 35.38 for interlocutors).

Primary Deities

• Brahmā (implied in surrounding dialogue)

Key Themes

• Inheritance and kinship (ādāyāda)
• Dharmaśāstra-style social categories
• Legitimacy and affiliation of offspring

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Are these ‘six’ being praised or merely classified?

They are being classified as a specific set of ādāyāda-bandhava—persons treated as heirs/kin within a legal-dharma framework. The verse is descriptive/normative, not devotional.

Why do Purāṇas include such dharma-legal lists?

Many Purāṇas function as encyclopedic dharma repositories alongside myth and tīrtha material. Lists like this align with Dharmaśāstra traditions, giving householders guidance on lineage, affiliation, and inheritance.

Does ‘pāraśava’ here indicate a deity or place?

No. It is a social/legal term for a mixed-union offspring category; there is no geographical referent in this śloka.