Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 58
The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)
गत्वा दृष्ट्वा च देवेशं शङ्करं शूलपाणिनम् प्रसाद्य भास्करार्थाय वाराणस्यामुपानयत्
gatvā dṛṣṭvā ca deveśaṃ śaṅkaraṃ śūlapāṇinam prasādya bhāskarārthāya vārāṇasyāmupānayat
அங்கு சென்று தேவேசனாகிய சூலபாணி சங்கரனை தரிசித்து, அவரை பிரசன்னப்படுத்தி, பாஸ்கரனின் நோக்கத்திற்காக (அவரை/அந்த காரியத்தை) வாராணசிக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்றான்।
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds prasāda (grace) as the decisive factor in successful divine or worldly aims: power is effective when aligned with devotion, right approach, and the favor of the divine—here embodied by Śiva’s accessibility to supplication.
Carita (episode narration) with a strong tirtha-oriented vector (movement to Vārāṇasī). While not a full tirtha-māhātmya passage by itself, it functions as a narrative bridge into sacred-geography discourse.
Śiva as ‘Śūlapāṇi’ signals the power to pierce and resolve cosmic afflictions; the shift toward Vārāṇasī—Śiva’s paradigmatic sacred seat—symbolizes relocating a problem into the field of ultimate purification and liberation, consistent with the Purāṇa’s integrative (non-sectarian) theology.