Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 25

Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī

Devanagari script

ततः सुराणां वचनान्मुरारिः कैटभार्दनः कुरुक्षेत्रोद्भवं पुण्यं प्रोक्तवांस्तां तिथीमपि

Transliteration

tataḥ surāṇāṃ vacanānmurāriḥ kaiṭabhārdanaḥ kurukṣetrodbhavaṃ puṇyaṃ proktavāṃstāṃ tithīmapi

Translation

ครั้นแล้วเพื่อตอบถ้อยคำของเหล่าเทพ มุราริ ผู้ปราบไกฏภะ ได้ทรงอธิบายกำเนิดอันเป็นบุญของกุรุเกษตร และติตินั้นด้วย

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• सुराणाम्: of the gods
• सुराणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• वचनात्: from (their) words/request
• वचनात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान/हेतु (from/because of the request)

• मुरारिः: Murāri (Viṣṇu)
• मुरारिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुरारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता; ‘मुरस्य अरिः’ (enemy of Mura)

• कैटभ-अर्दनः: slayer of Kaiṭabha
• कैटभ-अर्दनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैटभ (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता; ‘कैटभस्य अर्दनः’ (slayer of Kaiṭabha)

• कुरुक्षेत्र-उद्भवम्: arising from Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्र-उद्भवम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (arisen from Kurukṣetra)

• पुण्यम्: holy
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रोक्तवान्: declared/told
• प्रोक्तवान्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्तवत्/प्रोक्तवान् (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्तवत्/Past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (having declared)

• ताम्: that (f.)
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (refers to tithi)

• तिथीम्: tithi (lunar day)
• तिथीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also/even)

Speakers

• Devas → Vishnu (Murāri/Kaiṭabhārdana) as respondent and narrator

Primary Deities

• Vishnu
• Devas

Key Themes

• Tīrtha-māhātmya (etiology)
• Vrata/Ritual calendrics (tithi explanation)
• Divine instruction (śruti-like authority within Purāṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Legitimate practice is anchored in right knowledge: the Devas’ questions are met with a didactic response from Bhagavān, indicating that pilgrimage and ritual timing should be understood as dharma taught by competent authority, not merely inherited habit.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is a narrative hinge that introduces an etiology (udbhava) of a sacred region—often tied to Vamśa/Manvantara storytelling. Such etiologies support Purāṇic aims by mapping cosmic history onto terrestrial geography.

What is the symbolic significance?

The epithets Murāri and Kaiṭabhārdana frame the teacher as the remover of obstacles and chaos; the ‘origin’ of Kurukṣetra and the ‘best tithi’ become extensions of cosmic order (ṛta) expressed through place (deśa) and time (kāla).