Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 30

The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows

Devanagari script

नभस्ये मासि च तथा या स्यात्कृष्णाष्टमी शुभा युक्ता मृगशिरेणैव सा तु कालाष्टमी स्मृता

Transliteration

nabhasye māsi ca tathā yā syātkṛṣṇāṣṭamī śubhā yuktā mṛgaśireṇaiva sā tu kālāṣṭamī smṛtā

Translation

Также в месяце Набхас благой восьмой лунный день тёмной половины (кришна-аштами), когда он особо соединён с накшатрой Мригаширша, поминается как Калааштами.

Word by Word

• नभस्ये: in (the month) Nabhasya
• नभस्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; मास-नाम (name of a month)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/also)

• या: which (she/that)
• या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• स्यात्: would be, may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृष्णाष्टमी: the dark-fortnight eighth (tithi)
• कृष्णाष्टमी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: कृष्ण-पक्षस्य अष्टमी (8th lunar day of the dark fortnight)

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying कृष्णाष्टमी)

• युक्ता: joined with, accompanied by
• युक्ता: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (endowed/connected)

• मृगशिरेण: with (the nakshatra) Mṛgaśiras
• मृगशिरेण: Karana (करण/Instrument-accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; नक्षत्र-नाम; समास: मृगस्य शिरः (Mṛgaśiras)

• एव: indeed, exactly
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• सा: that (tithi)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• कालाष्टमी: Kālāṣṭamī
• कालाष्टमी: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काला + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: काला अष्टमी (the 'Kālāṣṭamī')

• स्मृता: is called, is known as
• स्मृता: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (is called/remembered)

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada (typical Vāmana Purāṇa dialogue frame; chapter context presumed)

Primary Deities

• Śiva

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Hindu calendrics (tithi-nakṣatra yoga)
• Śaivism
• Auspicious observance

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇic dharma often emphasizes right action in right time; aligning personal discipline with cosmic rhythms (tithi/nakṣatra) is presented as a way to make devotion deliberate rather than casual.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is ritual-calendar prescription (vrata-kāla-nirṇaya), an instructional layer that accompanies Purāṇic theology; it is ancillary to the pañcalakṣaṇa narrative cores.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Kāla’ (time) + ‘aṣṭamī’ highlights time as sacred power; the specified astral conjunction symbolizes that devotion is not only belief but also participation in an ordered cosmos.