Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 53
Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)
अथोवाच महादेवो दत्तं मालिनि मुञ्च माम् सौभाग्यं निजगोत्रीयं यो ऽस्यास्तं शृणु वच्मि ते
athovāca mahādevo dattaṃ mālini muñca mām saubhāgyaṃ nijagotrīyaṃ yo 'syāstaṃ śṛṇu vacmi te
who bears the conch—Madhusūdana—he indeed is the auspicious one belonging here; he has been given (to you)
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FAQs
In Purāṇic idiom, gotra-language can function beyond strict human genealogy: it can signal belonging, affinity, or ‘of one’s own side.’ Here Śiva frames the ‘saubhāgya’ as ‘of your own gotra,’ preparing an identification that collapses sectarian distance—what is ‘yours’ is not other than the supreme auspicious principle.
The line suggests Mālinī is physically holding or clinging to Śiva—often a dramatic marker of intense devotion, petition, or ritual grasp. Śiva indicates the boon is already granted (dattaṃ), so the devotee may now let go and listen to the doctrinal clarification.
Not directly. Vāmana Purāṇa frequently embeds doctrinal identifications inside tīrtha-mahātmya narration; however, this śloka contains no explicit place-name. Its function is theological/relational, setting up the next verse’s identification of the ‘auspicious one’ with Viṣṇu.