Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 15

Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative

Devanagari script

तत्पूजार्थं प्रदातव्यं केशवाय महात्मने यदा संवत्सरं पूर्णमखण्डं भवते गृहे

Transliteration

tatpūjārthaṃ pradātavyaṃ keśavāya mahātmane yadā saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇamakhaṇḍaṃ bhavate gṛhe

Translation

ఆ పూజార్థంగా మహాత్ముడైన కేశవునికి దానం చేయవలెను; గృహంలో ఒక సంపూర్ణ సంవత్సరం పూర్తై, వ్రతాచరణ అఖండంగా నిలిచినప్పుడు।

Word by Word

• tat-pūjā-artham: for the purpose of his worship
• tat-pūjā-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययत्वेन प्रयुक्तम्; अर्थे—‘तस्य पूजायाः निमित्तम्’ (for the purpose of worship of him)

• pradātavyam: should be given
• pradātavyam: Vidhi (विधेय/आज्ञार्थ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (धाातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive/obligative); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयभावः—‘should be given’

• keśavāya: to Keśava
• keśavāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/दत्ते), एकवचन

• mahātmane: to the great-souled one
• mahātmane: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; केशवस्य विशेषणरूपेण (as an epithet)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb/conjunction)

• saṃvatsaram: a year
• saṃvatsaram: Kāla (काल/अवधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कालपरिमाणम्

• pūrṇam: complete
• pūrṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘संवत्सरम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• akhaṇḍam: unbroken
• akhaṇḍam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘संवत्सरम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• bhavate: becomes/is
• bhavate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speakers

• Dialogue frame not specified in the provided excerpt (commonly Pulastya → Nārada in this Purāṇa)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Keśava)

Key Themes

• Vaishnavism
• Bhakti
• Vrata/Rituals
• Saṃvatsara-vrata (year-long observance)
• Akhaṇḍa (unbroken continuity)
• Dāna (religious gifting)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The stress on a year completed ‘akhaṇḍa’ teaches steadiness (dhṛti) in dharma: spiritual life is validated by continuity and reliability, not sporadic intensity.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is prescriptive dharma/vrata instruction (ācāra-kāṇḍa style) rather than a pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit. It functions as practical theology within the Purāṇa’s broader instructional scope.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Akhaṇḍa’ signifies an undivided vow and an undistracted mind. The year-cycle (saṃvatsara) symbolizes completeness of time offered to the deity—devotion spanning seasons, not moments.