Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 21

Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)

Devanagari script

ततो ननाम भगवांस्त्रिनेत्रः स्थावराधिपम् शैलाः प्रणेमुरीशानं ततो ऽसौ मुदितो ऽभवत्

Transliteration

tato nanāma bhagavāṃstrinetraḥ sthāvarādhipam śailāḥ praṇemurīśānaṃ tato 'sau mudito 'bhavat

Translation

{'pulastya uvāca': 'Pulastya said', 'iti evam uktvā': 'having said thus', 'śaila-indra': 'king/lord of mountains (Himavat)', 'hastaṃ hastena yojayan': 'joining (his) hand with (another) hand; hand-in-hand ritual gesture', 'prādāt': 'he gave', 'pratīccha': 'accept', 'bhagavan': 'O Lord', 'idam': 'this', 'uccaiḥ': 'loudly', 'udīrayan': 'uttering, pronouncing'}

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• nanāma: bowed
• nanāma: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (धाातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tri-netraḥ: three-eyed
• tri-netraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिः: ‘त्रीणि नेत्राणि यस्य’ (three-eyed); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘bhagavān’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• sthāvara-adhipam: the lord of immovables (mountains)
• sthāvara-adhipam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāvara + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः: ‘स्थावराणाम् अधिपः’; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• śailāḥ: mountains
• śailāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• praṇemuḥ: bowed down
• praṇemuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + nam (धाातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• īśānam: Īśāna (Śiva)
• īśānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• asau: he
• asau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• muditaḥ: pleased, delighted
• muditaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mudita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘asau’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धाातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speakers

• Narration (frame not explicit in input; commonly Pulastya → Nārada)

Primary Deities

• Shiva

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Bhakti
• Reciprocal Reverence (divine humility and cosmic homage)
• Non-sectarian Ethos (divinity honoring sacred locus/host)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divinity is shown as upholding maryādā (propriety): Śiva honors the ‘host’ (the mountain-king), modeling humility and relational dharma. Devotion is reciprocal—reverence offered with sincerity yields prasāda (divine pleasure).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Carita/Vamśānucarita mode: a narrative episode illustrating divine conduct and the sacralization of place through encounter and worship.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Lord bows to the lord of immovables’ signals that spiritual greatness is not negated by humility. The mountains bowing in turn depicts the universe as a liturgy: all strata of being participate in honoring īśvara.