Shloka 37

Origins of the Maruts — Origins of the Maruts Across the Manvantaras (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

नीत्वा स्वमन्दिरं सर्वे पुरवाप्यां समुत्सृजन् ततः प्रमाच्छङ्खिनी सी सुषुवे सप्त वै शिशून्

Transliteration

nītvā svamandiraṃ sarve puravāpyāṃ samutsṛjan tataḥ pramācchaṅkhinī sī suṣuve sapta vai śiśūn

Translation

Having taken (her) to their own dwelling, they all then abandoned (her) in the Puravāpī. Thereupon that woman, Śaṅkhinī, gave birth indeed to seven infants.

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Purāṇic dialogue (speaker not specified in the provided excerpt).

Key Themes

• Tīrtha-legend (local etiology)
• Birth and destiny
• Water-site as liminal sacred space

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the narrative function of mentioning Puravāpī here?

In Vāmana Purāṇa’s geography-oriented sections, a named water-body often anchors an etiological legend: the event (abandonment and birth) explains why the site is remembered, visited, or ritually significant.

Does ‘Śaṅkhinī’ indicate a deity or a human figure?

Here it functions as a personal name for the woman in the story. While the word can evoke ‘conch’ symbolism, the verse treats her as a human mother within a tīrtha-episode.

Why is childbirth placed ‘in’ a water-site?

Purāṇic tīrtha narratives frequently use rivers, wells, and tanks as transitional spaces where fate turns—abandonment, rescue, birth, or revelation—thereby sacralizing the geography through story.