Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Defeat & Redemption, Shloka 82

Andhaka’s Defeat, the Bhairava Manifestation, and His Redemption as Bhṛṅgī Gaṇapati

Devanagari script

जग्मुस्ते शुभलोकानि महाभोगानि नारद यत्र कामदुधा गावः सर्वकामफलद्रुमाः

Transliteration

jagmuste śubhalokāni mahābhogāni nārada yatra kāmadudhā gāvaḥ sarvakāmaphaladrumāḥ

Translation

ते शुभलोकान् जग्मुः महाभोगसमन्वितान्, नारद; यत्र कामदुघा गावः सन्ति, सर्वकामफलप्रदाः द्रुमाश्च।

Speakers

• Sūta (narrator) addressing Nārada within the embedded narration (Nārada as interlocutor in this segment)

Primary Deities

• Nārada (sage interlocutor)
• Śiva (implied as lord of the departing gaṇas)

Key Themes

• Merit-based celestial destinations
• Mythic cosmology (lokas)
• Abundance motifs (Kāmadhenu, kalpavṛkṣa imagery)
• Reward for service to Śiva

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Are these ‘śubha-lokas’ the same as Svarga?

Not necessarily. The verse speaks broadly of auspicious realms of enjoyment; in Purāṇic cosmology, multiple heavenly or semi-heavenly lokas exist (including specialized gaṇa-realms), not only Indra’s Svarga.

What is the function of the kāmadughā-cow and wish-fulfilling tree imagery?

These are standard Purāṇic markers of a perfected, merit-born realm: effortless abundance, fulfillment of desires, and the absence of scarcity—signifying the fruit of service and divine favor.

Why is Nārada addressed here?

Nārada commonly serves as a traveling sage and cosmic witness in Purāṇas. Addressing him frames the account as authoritative testimony and links the narrative to broader cosmological instruction.