Vamana Purana — Jabali on the Banyan Tree, Shloka 1
Jabali Bound on the Banyan Tree and Nandayanti’s Appeal at Sri-Kantha on the Yamuna
इति श्रीवामनपुराणे षट्त्रिशोध्यायः नाराद उवाच गतो ऽन्धकस्तु पाताले किमचेष्टत दानवः शङ्करो मन्दरस्थो ऽपि यच्चाकार तदुच्यताम्
iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe ṣaṭtriśodhyāyaḥ nārāda uvāca gato 'ndhakastu pātāle kimaceṣṭata dānavaḥ śaṅkaro mandarastho 'pi yaccākāra taducyatām
(Sa gayon nagtatapos) ang ika-36 na kabanata ng Śrī Vāmana Purāṇa. Sinabi ni Nārada: “Nang si Andhaka ay nagtungo sa Pātāla, ano ang ginawa ng Dānava na iyon? At ano naman ang ginawa ni Śaṅkara habang nananahan sa Mandara? Ipagpaliwanag mo iyon.”
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FAQs
It is a narrative hinge: Nārada explicitly requests details about Andhaka’s activities in Pātāla and Śiva’s actions on Mandara, signaling a shift from prior material into the next episode.
They locate parallel narrative threads: Andhaka’s movements in the netherworld (cosmic geography) and Śiva’s station on a sacred mountain. This juxtaposition is typical of Purāṇic storytelling that moves between realms.
It is a colophon-style marker indicating the close of the previous chapter; many manuscripts include such markers contiguous with the next chapter’s opening.