Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 58
Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra
गते मङ्कणके पृथ्वी निश्चला समजायत अथागान्मन्दरं शंभुर्निजमावसथं शुचिः
gate maṅkaṇake pṛthvī niścalā samajāyata athāgānmandaraṃ śaṃbhurnijamāvasathaṃ śuciḥ
Когда Мангканака удалился, земля стала неподвижной и спокойной. Тогда Шамбху, Чистый, отправился на Мандару — в своё собственное обиталище.
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FAQs
It signals the cessation of extraordinary disturbance associated with the ascetic’s presence or the preceding divine event. Such lines function as narrative punctuation: the world returns to equilibrium once the tīrtha-act and its fruit are completed.
Mandara is a well-known mythic mountain in Purāṇic literature. Here it is explicitly called Śambhu’s ‘own abode,’ making it a sacralized destination within the text’s geography, not merely a physical landmark.
By linking spiritual outcomes and divine movements to named places (Kurukṣetra, Mandara), the narrative maps sanctity onto terrain—turning myth into a guide for remembering and valuing specific sacred locales.