Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 30
Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)
ततः प्रविष्टं प्रसमीक्ष्य शंभुं शैलेन्द्रवेश्मन्यबला ब्रुवन्ति स्थाने तपो दुश्चरमम्बिकायाश्चीर्णं महानेष सुरस्तु शंभुः
tataḥ praviṣṭaṃ prasamīkṣya śaṃbhuṃ śailendraveśmanyabalā bruvanti sthāne tapo duścaramambikāyāścīrṇaṃ mahāneṣa surastu śaṃbhuḥ
Затем, увидев, как Шамбху входит в жилище Владыки гор, женщины там сказали: «Воистину, Амбика совершила в должном порядке суровую и труднопереносимую тапасью; этот великий бог — не кто иной, как Шамбху».
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FAQs
It indicates that Pārvatī’s tapas was both ‘properly undertaken’ (sthāne—according to rule, with right intention and discipline) and exceptionally difficult (duścara), underscoring tapas as a legitimate spiritual cause for attaining Śiva as husband.
The narrative uses communal recognition as a literary device: Śiva’s presence is self-authenticating through his tejas and iconographic markers (e.g., bull-mount in the prior verse). Their statement also validates Ambikā’s tapas as efficacious.
Yes, but at a broad level: it locates the scene in the Himalayan domain (the ‘mountain-king’s residence’). For tīrtha-metadata, it is an ‘implicit Himalayan locus’ rather than a named pilgrimage site.