Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 22

The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)

Devanagari script

सह लक्ष्म्या महायोगी नभस्यादिचतुर्ष्वपि अशून्यशयना नाम द्वितीया सर्वकामदा

Transliteration

saha lakṣmyā mahāyogī nabhasyādicaturṣvapi aśūnyaśayanā nāma dvitīyā sarvakāmadā

Translation

లక్ష్మీతో కూడిన మహాయోగి భగవానుని నభస్య మొదలైన నాలుగు నెలలలో కూడా ఆరాధిస్తారు. ద్వితీయ తిథి ‘అశూన్యశయనా’ అని పిలువబడుతూ సర్వకామప్రదాయిని.

Word by Word

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/सहयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सह (साकं) = ‘with’; governs Instrumental (तृतीया)

• लक्ष्म्या: with Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्म्या: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• महायोगी: the great yogin
• महायोगी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā+yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘महान् योगी’

• नभस्य: in Nabhasya (month)
• नभस्य: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nabhasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; मास-नाम

• आदि: beginning with / etc.
• आदि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (used as first member in compound sense ‘etc.’); here as compound-member with caturṣu

• चतुर्षु: in the four (months)
• चतुर्षु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; ‘in four’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) = ‘also/even’

• अशून्यशयना: Aśūnyaśayanā (name)
• अशून्यशयना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-śūnya+śayanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय तत्पुरुषः ‘अशून्यं शयनं यस्याः/या’ (name)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (quotative/marker) = ‘named/called’

• द्वितीया: the second
• द्वितीया: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण

• सर्वकामदा: granting all desires
• सर्वकामदा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva+kāma+dā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘सर्वान् कामान् ददाति’

Speakers

• Likely Pulastya instructing Nārada (chapter’s vrata exposition)

Primary Deities

• Viṣṇu
• Lakṣmī

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Vaishnavism
• Auspicious tithi (Dvitīyā)
• Householder prosperity
• Bhakti

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse situates desire-fulfillment within dharmic observance: prosperity and ‘kāma’ are legitimized when pursued through devotion, right timing (tithi), and reverence to the divine couple (Viṣṇu with Lakṣmī).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is vrata-vidhi/ācāra material (dharma-oriented instruction) rather than the core five topics; it functions as practical religion appended to Purāṇic teaching.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Aśūnyaśayanā’ symbolically protects fullness in life—non-emptiness in prosperity, companionship, and auspicious continuity—by invoking the harmonized principles of Śrī (abundance) and Nārāyaṇa (cosmic order).