Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 16
The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)
अन्ये वदन्ति चक्रआह्वो नृनं कश्चिन् मृतो भवेत् तत्कान्तया तपस्तप्तं भर्तृशोकार्त्तया बत
anye vadanti cakraāhvo nṛnaṃ kaścin mṛto bhavet tatkāntayā tapastaptaṃ bhartṛśokārttayā bata
अन्ये वदन्ति—‘चक्राह्वो नूनं कश्चित् मृतो भवेत्’; तत्कान्तया भर्तृशोकार्त्तया बत तपस्तप्तम्।
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FAQs
The verse juxtaposes social uncertainty (‘others say…’) with a concrete dharmic response: tapas. It implies that when worldly knowledge is unstable, disciplined practice and moral endurance become the stabilizing recourse—transforming grief into a spiritually potent act rather than mere despair.
This is narrative (carita) material functioning inside a māhātmya: an illustrative human episode used to convey the spiritual atmosphere and moral texture of the tīrtha context, not a core genealogy or creation cycle.
The beloved’s ‘tapas under husband-grief’ symbolizes the alchemy of suffering into spiritual heat (tapas as ‘inner fire’). It also echoes a Purāṇic pattern where personal loss becomes the catalyst for heightened religious intensity, often leading to boons, revelations, or sanctification of place.