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Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 22

Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna

Devanagari script

शुक्रः कदाचिदगमद् वृषुपर्वाणमासुरम् तेनार्चितश्चिरं तत्र तस्थौ भार्गवसत्त्मः

Transliteration

śukraḥ kadācidagamad vṛṣuparvāṇamāsuram tenārcitaściraṃ tatra tasthau bhārgavasattmaḥ

Translation

ครั้งหนึ่งศุกระได้ไปหาอสูรนามว่า วฤษภรวัน เมื่อได้รับการบูชาและให้เกียรติจากเขาเป็นเวลานาน ภารคพะผู้ประเสริฐก็พำนักอยู่ที่นั่นเนิ่นนาน.

Word by Word

शुक्रःŚukra (the sage)

कदाचित्once / at some time

अगमत्went

वृषुपर्वाणम्Vṛṣuparvan

आसुरम्the Asura (demonic)

तेनby him

अर्चितःhonoured / worshipped

चिरम्for a long time

तत्रthere

तस्थौstayed / stood

भार्गवसत्त्मःthe best of the Bhārgavas

Speakers

Narrator to audience (frame not explicit in excerpt).

Primary Deities

Śukra (Bhārgava)

Key Themes

Guru–king relationshipHospitality and honor (arcana)Asura polity and ritual culture

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Who is Vṛṣaparvan in Purāṇic/Itihāsa tradition?

Vṛṣaparvan is an Asura ruler known from wider mythic cycles (notably connected with the Śukra–Asura milieu and lineages that intersect with later Daitya narratives).

What does ‘arcita’ imply here—mere respect or ritual worship?

Arcita can include formal reception and reverential honoring, often with offerings; in Purāṇic diction it can shade into quasi-ritual veneration of a revered guru.

Why is Śukra’s prolonged stay significant?

A long residence indicates sustained advisory influence—political, ritual, and strategic—setting the stage for household and lineage developments involving Śukra’s family and the Asura court.