Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 74
The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
ततस्तु देवप्रवरो महेश्वरः पृथूदके स्नानमपास्तकल्मषः कृत्वा सनन्दिः सगणः सवाहनो महागिरिं मन्दरमाजगाम
tatastu devapravaro maheśvaraḥ pṛthūdake snānamapāstakalmaṣaḥ kṛtvā sanandiḥ sagaṇaḥ savāhano mahāgiriṃ mandaramājagāma
ต่อมา มเหศวรผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่เทพ ได้สรงน้ำ ณ ปฤถูทกะจนมลทินสิ้นไป แล้วเสด็จพร้อมนันทิน พร้อมหมู่คณะและพาหนะ ไปถึงมหาภูเขามันทรา।
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FAQs
Purification is portrayed as effectual (“sins removed”) and is followed by purposeful movement toward worship/holy action; inner cleansing precedes higher spiritual engagement.
Falls under dharma/ācāra and tīrtha-māhātmya narrative expansions typical of Purāṇas; not a core sarga/pratisarga unit, but an instructive sacred-geography episode.
Mandara, a paradigmatic sacred mountain, functions as an axis of ritual elevation; Śiva’s retinue (Nandin, gaṇas, vāhana) externalizes divine sovereignty ordered around dharma.