Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 56
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
स एव पुत्रि नृपतेस्तनूजो दृष्टः पुरा कामयसे यमद्य स एव चायाति ममाश्रमं वै ऋक्षात्मजः संवरणो हि नाम्ना
sa eva putri nṛpatestanūjo dṛṣṭaḥ purā kāmayase yamadya sa eva cāyāti mamāśramaṃ vai ṛkṣātmajaḥ saṃvaraṇo hi nāmnā
पुत्रि, यं नृपतेस्तनूजं पुरा दृष्टवती, यं च अद्य कामयसे, स एव ममाश्रमं वै आगच्छति। स ऋक्षात्मजः संवरणो नाम।
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FAQs
The verse frames desire as something to be aligned with rightful relationship and social order: the beloved is identified, named, and situated within lineage—turning emotion into a dharmically structured bond.
Vamśānucarita: it explicitly names a royal figure (Saṃvaraṇa) and his ancestry (son of Ṛkṣa), typical of Purāṇic dynastic cataloguing and narrative elaboration.
Naming (saṃvaraṇo hi nāmnā) is a Purāṇic device of making destiny concrete: the ‘desired one’ becomes a person embedded in dharma (lineage), not a mere object of longing.