Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 47

Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac

Devanagari script

नवशादूलसंछन्नवसुधायां च सर्वशः नित्यं चरति फुल्लेषु सरसां पुलिनेषु च

Transliteration

navaśādūlasaṃchannavasudhāyāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ nityaṃ carati phulleṣu sarasāṃ pulineṣu ca

Translation

บนแผ่นดินที่ปกคลุมไปทั่วด้วยยอดหญ้าอ่อน มันเคลื่อนไหวอยู่เสมอ—ทั้งในถิ่นที่ดอกไม้บาน และบนสันดอน/ชายฝั่งทรายของสระและทะเลสาบ

Word by Word

• नवशादूलसंछन्नवसुधायाम्: on the earth covered with nine tigers
• नवशादूलसंछन्नवसुधायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव + शादूल + संछन्न + वसुधा (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘नवशादूलैः संछन्ना वसुधा’ इत्यस्यां (on the earth covered with nine tigers)

• च: and
• च: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• सर्वशः: everywhere / in every way
• सर्वशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb), ‘सर्व’ + शस् (śas)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• चरति: moves / roams
• चरति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• फुल्लेषु: among blossoms / in blooming places
• फुल्लेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फुल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘फुल्ल’ (blossoming places/flowers)

• सरसाम्: of lakes
• सरसाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पुलिनेषु: on sandbanks
• पुलिनेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada

Key Themes

• Jyotiṣa/astrological habitat imagery
• Nature symbolism (vegetation, blossoms, watershores)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Natural settings (fresh growth, blossoms, watersides) are treated as meaningful indicators; the ethical note is attentiveness to environment—prosperity and auspiciousness are read through harmony with seasons and landscapes.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Ancillary descriptive lore, not a core pancalakṣaṇa item. It exemplifies the Purāṇa’s encyclopedic tendency to embed cosmological/astrological description alongside narrative frameworks.

What is the symbolic significance?

Fresh shoots and flowering places evoke renewal and fecundity; lake-shores (pulina) suggest liminal zones where life gathers. Symbolically, the rāśi’s ‘roaming’ links energetic beginnings (Meṣa) with verdant, water-adjacent vitality.