Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 57

Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative

Devanagari script

तस्यां समभवद् गर्भस्तां प्रगृह्याथ दानवः पातालं प्रविवेशाथ ततः स्वभवनं गतः

Transliteration

tasyāṃ samabhavad garbhastāṃ pragṛhyātha dānavaḥ pātālaṃ praviveśātha tataḥ svabhavanaṃ gataḥ

Translation

В ней возникла беременность. Тогда данав, взяв её с собой, вошёл в Паталу; затем он отправился в своё жилище.

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समभवत्: arose/came to be
• समभवत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गर्भः: a fetus/pregnancy
• गर्भः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रगृह्य: having taken/held
• प्रगृह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having seized/taken’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• दानवः: the demon
• दानवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पातालम्: to Pātāla (netherworld)
• पातालम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रविवेश: entered
• प्रविवेश: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय

• ततः: thereafter/from there
• ततः: Apādāna/Adverbial (अपादानार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (from there/thereafter)

• स्वभवनम्: his own house
• स्वभवनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + भवन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वं भवनम्)

• गतः: went
• गतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः ‘gone’

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in input (commonly Pulastya → Nārada framing)

Key Themes

• Vamsha (lineage) causation
• Underworld (Pātāla) association with Daityas
• Narrative foreshadowing through conception

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shringara", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The emergence of garbha is presented as an event with broader consequences—Purāṇas often treat birth as a karmic and cosmic turning-point rather than merely biological occurrence.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Vamśānucarita: conception and relocation to Pātāla serve genealogical and realm-association functions for Asura lineages.

What is the symbolic significance?

Pātāla signifies the Asura domain and hidden power-structures; moving the pregnant consort there can symbolize the ‘incubation’ of future forces away from the Deva-world’s visibility.