Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 61
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
एतामृतुमतीं जातां महिषो ऽन्यो ददर्श ह सा चाभ्यगाद् दितिवरं रक्षन्ती शीलमात्मनः
etāmṛtumatīṃ jātāṃ mahiṣo 'nyo dadarśa ha sā cābhyagād ditivaraṃ rakṣantī śīlamātmanaḥ
Nakita siya ng isa pang kalabaw nang siya ay maging ṛtumatī (nasa panahon ng paglilihi). Habang pinangangalagaan ang kanyang sariling dangal, lumapit siya sa pinakamahusay sa mga anak ni Diti.
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds śīla (personal virtue/chastity) as something actively guarded; it implies moral agency even under threat, and sets up the narrative consequence for those who violate dharma.
Vamśānucarita / carita (narrative of beings and events), rather than cosmogenesis; it is an episode-like account illustrating dharmic norms through story.
ṛtumatī can symbolize vulnerability (a liminal bodily/social state). The insistence on guarding śīla frames virtue as a protective power that later draws supernatural refuge (Yakṣa protection).