Vamana Purana — Caturmasya Observances, Shloka 58
The Cāturmāsya Observances and the Sleeping–Awakening Cycle of the Gods (Hari–Hara Worship)
गत्वा दृष्ट्वा च देवेशं शङ्करं शूलपाणिनम् प्रसाद्य भास्करार्थाय वाराणस्यामुपानयत्
gatvā dṛṣṭvā ca deveśaṃ śaṅkaraṃ śūlapāṇinam prasādya bhāskarārthāya vārāṇasyāmupānayat
Pagdating at pagkakita sa Panginoon ng mga diyos—si Śaṅkara, ang may hawak ng trident—siya’y naghandog at nagpalugod sa Kanya, at alang-alang sa layunin ni Bhāskara ay dinala (ang usapin) sa Vārāṇasī.
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds prasāda (grace) as the decisive factor in successful divine or worldly aims: power is effective when aligned with devotion, right approach, and the favor of the divine—here embodied by Śiva’s accessibility to supplication.
Carita (episode narration) with a strong tirtha-oriented vector (movement to Vārāṇasī). While not a full tirtha-māhātmya passage by itself, it functions as a narrative bridge into sacred-geography discourse.
Śiva as ‘Śūlapāṇi’ signals the power to pierce and resolve cosmic afflictions; the shift toward Vārāṇasī—Śiva’s paradigmatic sacred seat—symbolizes relocating a problem into the field of ultimate purification and liberation, consistent with the Purāṇa’s integrative (non-sectarian) theology.