Vamana Purana — Manifestation of Katyayani, Shloka 34

The Manifestation of Katyayani (Durga) and the Humbling of the Vindhya by Agastya

Devanagari script

ऋतावृतौ पर्वकालेषु नित्यं तम्मबरे ह्याश्रममावसत् सः शेषं च कालं स हि दण्डकस्थस् तपश्चारामितकान्तिमान् मुनिः

Transliteration

ṛtāvṛtau parvakāleṣu nityaṃ tammabare hyāśramamāvasat saḥ śeṣaṃ ca kālaṃ sa hi daṇḍakasthas tapaścārāmitakāntimān muniḥ

Translation

Во всякое время года и в дни парва — священных рубежей — он постоянно пребывал в той превосходной обители. В остальное же время мудрец, живший в лесу Дандака, совершал аскезу, обладая неизмеримым сиянием.

Word by Word

• ṛtau: in a season
• ṛtau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛtu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ṛtau: in (each) season
• ṛtau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛtu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each season)

• parva-kāleṣu: on festival/holy days
• parva-kāleṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parva + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पर्वणः कालाः)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (always)

• tam: that (place/hermitage)
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; (आश्रमम् इत्यर्थे सन्दर्भे)

• ambare: in the sky/space
• ambare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed)

• āśramam: hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• āvasat: dwelt/lived
• āvasat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+vas (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• śeṣam: the remaining
• śeṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (kālam)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• kālam: time
• kālam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed)

• daṇḍaka-sthaḥ: staying in Daṇḍaka (forest)
• daṇḍaka-sthaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daṇḍaka + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दण्डके स्थितः) विशेषणम् (saḥ/muniḥ)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदम्

• cāra: practice
• cāra: Upapada (उपपद/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा; समासाङ्ग (practice/conduct)

• amita-kāntimān: of immeasurable radiance
• amita-kāntimān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amita + kānti + mat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (अमिता कान्तिः यस्य) विशेषणम् (muniḥ)

• muniḥ: the sage
• muniḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

Speakers

• Not explicit in the verse (within the standard Pulastya–Nārada narrative frame
• but not stated here)

Key Themes

• Tapas
• Āśrama discipline
• Sacred calendar (parva)
• Forest hermitage life

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse presents disciplined spirituality: aligning one’s life with seasonal rhythms and sacred calendrical ‘junctions’ while sustaining austerity the rest of the time—regularity (nityatā) as a core virtue.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Carita / ācāra-focused narrative material (practice of tapas and regulated residence), adjacent to dharma-instruction but embedded in story.

What is the symbolic significance?

Daṇḍaka signifies the archetypal tapas-forest: withdrawal from social space into a liminal zone where inner radiance (kānti) arises from sustained austerity.