Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 58

The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage

Devanagari script

तपसा वाञ्छयन्तीह गिरिजे सचराचराः रूपाभिजनमैश्वर्यं तच्च ते विद्यते बहु

Transliteration

tapasā vāñchayantīha girije sacarācarāḥ rūpābhijanamaiśvaryaṃ tacca te vidyate bahu

Translation

तपसा वाञ्छयन्तीह गिरिजे सचराचराः रूपाभिजनमैश्वर्यं तच्च ते विद्यते बहु

Word by Word

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• वाञ्छयन्ती: desiring
• वाञ्छयन्ती: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु) → वाञ्छयन्ती (कृदन्त, शतृ/वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्तः (present active participle)

• इह: here
• इह: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: 'here/in this world')

• गिरिजे: O Girijā (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजे: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• सचराचराः: (all beings) moving and unmoving
• सचराचराः: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चर-अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (चर + अचर) उपपदपूर्वक 'स' (with)

• रूपाभिजनमैश्वर्यम्: beauty, noble lineage, and sovereignty
• रूपाभिजनमैश्वर्यम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप + अभिजन + ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वसमाहारः (collective dvandva: beauty, noble birth, and lordship)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Samuccaya/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: 'and')

• ते: of you / to you (your)
• ते: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• विद्यते: exists / is found
• विद्यते: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) (अस्त्यर्थे)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• बहु: much / abundant
• बहु: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (predicate adjective to 'tat')

Speakers

• Likely Śiva speaking to Girijā (Pārvatī) (exact narrative frame not supplied in input)

Primary Deities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī (Girijā)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Tapas (austerity)
• Boons and merit
• Detachment from worldly attainments

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tapas is acknowledged as a universal instrument for attaining worldly excellences, yet the verse cautions that one who already has beauty, status, and power should not be driven by the same acquisitive motives; it subtly redirects aspiration from worldly to spiritual ends.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is didactic dialogue within a character-narrative frame (carita/anvākhyāna style), rather than cosmological creation cycles.

What is the symbolic significance?

“Moving and unmoving beings” signifies the totality of existence striving; Pārvatī’s abundance highlights the higher purpose of tapas—not acquisition, but transformation and union with the divine.