Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 67

Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative

Devanagari script

स च दैत्येश्वरो यक्षैर्मालवटपुरस्सरैः चितामारोपितः सा च श्यामा तं चारुहत् पतिम्

Transliteration

sa ca daityeśvaro yakṣairmālavaṭapurassaraiḥ citāmāropitaḥ sā ca śyāmā taṃ cāruhat patim

Translation

At ang panginoon ng mga Daitya ay inilagay sa puneraryong siga (cita) ng mga Yakṣa at ng mga pinuno ng Mālavaṭa; at si Śyāmā man ay umakyat sa siga kasama ang kanyang asawa.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दैत्येश्वरः: lord of the daityas
• दैत्येश्वरः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानाम् ईश्वरः)

• यक्षैः: by the yakṣas
• यक्षैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• मालवटपुरस्सरैः: with Mālavaṭa as their leader
• मालवटपुरस्सरैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मालवट + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मालवटः पुरःसरः येषाम्) ‘with Mālavaṭa as leader’

• चिताम्: onto the funeral pyre
• चिताम्: Adhikarana/Karma (कर्म/goal of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आरोपितः: was placed (upon)
• आरोपितः: Kriya (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रूप्/आ-रोपय् (कृदन्त; √रुह्/√रूप् causative sense ‘to place/raise’)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः ‘was placed’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• श्यामा: Śyāmā (a woman)
• श्यामा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्यामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम/विशेषणरूपेण

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आरुहत्: mounted / ascended
• आरुहत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√रुह् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पतिम्: (her) husband
• पतिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object; appositional to तम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speakers

• Not stated in input

Key Themes

• Funerary rites (antyeṣṭi)
• Satī/anugamana motif (wife ascending the pyre)
• Local legend tied to geography

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse juxtaposes royal death-ritual with conjugal loyalty; Purāṇic narration often uses such scenes to stress the gravity of karma and the social-ritual order even among non-deva lineages.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Carita/Vamśānucarita-style narrative detail (death and rites of a ruler) serving as supporting material for a regional māhātmya; not cosmogenesis but exemplary local history.

What is the symbolic significance?

Cremation (citā) marks closure of a violent reign; Śyāmā’s ascent can symbolize anugamana—devotion following the spouse beyond death—while also functioning as a narrative intensifier to sacralize the locale through memorable events.