Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 1), Shloka 47

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

Devanagari script

शुक्तिमान् वेगसानुश्च दृढशृङ्गो ऽथ शृङ्वान् चित्रकूटस्त्रिकूटश् च तथा मन्दरकाचलः

Transliteration

śuktimān vegasānuśca dṛḍhaśṛṅgo 'tha śṛṅvān citrakūṭastrikūṭaś ca tathā mandarakācalaḥ

Translation

சுக்திமான், வேகசானு, திடசிருங்கம், பின்னர் சிருங்க்வான்; மேலும் சித்ரகூடம், திரிகூடம், மந்தரகாசலம்—இவை பெயர்பெற்ற மலைகள்.

Word by Word

• शुक्तिमान्: Śuktimān (mountain)
• शुक्तिमान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ति + मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुप्-अन्त (possessive) नाम

• वेगसानुः: Vegasānu (mountain)
• वेगसानुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग + सानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पर्वत-नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक

• दृढशृङ्गः: Dṛḍhaśṛṅga (firm-peaked mountain)
• दृढशृङ्गः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृढ + शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: 'दृढं शृङ्गं यस्य सः' (one whose peak is firm) नाम

• अथ: then/next
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (then/and next)

• शृङ्वान्: Śṛṅvān (mountain)
• शृङ्वान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्वत्/शृङ्वान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पर्वत-नाम

• चित्रकूटः: Citrakūṭa (mountain)
• चित्रकूटः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र + कूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पर्वत-नाम

• त्रिकूटः: Trikūṭa (three-peaked mountain)
• त्रिकूटः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + कूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु: 'त्रयः कूटाः यस्य/त्रिकूटः' नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक

• मन्दरकाचलः: Mandarakācala (Mandaraka mountain)
• मन्दरकाचलः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दरक + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: 'मन्दरकः अचलः' (Mandaraka mountain) नाम

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (often Pulastya ↔ Nārada framework in the Vāmana Purāṇa)

Key Themes

• Sacred Geography
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Catalogue/Enumeration

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The ethical dimension is indirect: enumerations like this teach attentiveness to the world as a sacred, named order—supporting pilgrimage mentalities and the idea that dharma is practiced within a consecrated landscape.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa?

Primarily Sarga/cosmography (world-structure description). It is not genealogical narrative (vaṃśa) nor royal chronicle (vaṃśānucarita).

What is the symbolic significance?

Multi-peaked names (e.g., Trikūṭa) often symbolize cosmic stability and the axis-mundi motif; Mandara recalls the churning myth, reinforcing the Purāṇic tendency to read geography through mythic memory.