Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 1), Shloka 16

Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)

Devanagari script

ततः संपूज्यमानास्ते शैलयोषिद्भिरादरात् सुनाभादिभिरव्यग्रैः पुज्यमानास्तु पर्वतैः

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃpūjyamānāste śailayoṣidbhirādarāt sunābhādibhiravyagraiḥ pujyamānāstu parvataiḥ

Translation

பின்பு மலைமகளிர் அவர்களை மரியாதையுடன் போற்றி வழிபட்டனர்; சுனாப முதலிய மலைகளும் ஒருமனத்துடன் அவர்களைப் பூஜித்தன.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb = 'then/thereupon'

• saṃpūjyamānāḥ: being worshipped
• saṃpūjyamānāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√pūj (धातु) + yamāna (यमान/शानच्)
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्/यमान), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; 'being worshipped'

• te: they/those (persons)
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• śaila-yoṣidbhiḥ: by the mountain-women
• śaila-yoṣidbhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila + yoṣit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी) 'śailasya yoṣitaḥ' = mountain-women; Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

• ādarāt: out of respect
• ādarāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī vibhakti (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana; ablative of cause/reason

• sunābha-ādibhiḥ: by Sunābha and others
• sunābha-ādibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sunābha + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (समाहार/ādi) 'Sunābha and others'; Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

• avyagraiḥ: undistracted/attentive
• avyagraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avyagra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; qualifying sunābhādibhiḥ

• pūjyamānāḥ: being worshipped
• pūjyamānāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (धातु) + yamāna (यमान/शानच्)
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्/यमान), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• tu: and/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle/conjunction = 'and/but'

• parvataiḥ: by the mountains
• parvataiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana

Speakers

• Narrative layer not explicit in the provided verses (commonly Pulastya → Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa); verse itself is third-person narration

Key Themes

• Tirtha/Deśa description
• Hospitality to sages
• Personification of sacred landscape

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even the natural world (mountains and their personified communities) is portrayed as participating in dharma through reverence to the purified great-souled visitors—modeling satkāra (honoring the worthy) as a sacred duty.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is best classified under ancillary narrative supporting tīrtha/glory descriptions and pilgrimage context rather than the core five marks; loosely it aligns with Vamśānucarita/character-narration insofar as it depicts the conduct and reception of mahātmans in a sacred region.

What is the symbolic significance?

The ‘mountains’ and ‘mountain-women’ signify the sacrality of place: geography is not inert but responsive to tapas and virtue, implying that tīrthas and sacred regions ‘recognize’ and amplify spiritual merit.