Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 47

Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac

Devanagari script

नवशादूलसंछन्नवसुधायां च सर्वशः नित्यं चरति फुल्लेषु सरसां पुलिनेषु च

Transliteration

navaśādūlasaṃchannavasudhāyāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ nityaṃ carati phulleṣu sarasāṃ pulineṣu ca

Translation

“Sa lupaing natatakpan sa lahat ng dako ng sariwang usbong na damo, ito’y palaging gumagalaw—sa mga pook na namumukadkad at sa mga buhanginan/pampang ng mga lawa.”

Word by Word

• नवशादूलसंछन्नवसुधायाम्: on the earth covered with nine tigers
• नवशादूलसंछन्नवसुधायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव + शादूल + संछन्न + वसुधा (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘नवशादूलैः संछन्ना वसुधा’ इत्यस्यां (on the earth covered with nine tigers)

• च: and
• च: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• सर्वशः: everywhere / in every way
• सर्वशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb), ‘सर्व’ + शस् (śas)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative)

• चरति: moves / roams
• चरति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• फुल्लेषु: among blossoms / in blooming places
• फुल्लेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फुल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘फुल्ल’ (blossoming places/flowers)

• सरसाम्: of lakes
• सरसाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पुलिनेषु: on sandbanks
• पुलिनेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada

Key Themes

• Jyotiṣa/astrological habitat imagery
• Nature symbolism (vegetation, blossoms, watershores)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Natural settings (fresh growth, blossoms, watersides) are treated as meaningful indicators; the ethical note is attentiveness to environment—prosperity and auspiciousness are read through harmony with seasons and landscapes.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Ancillary descriptive lore, not a core pancalakṣaṇa item. It exemplifies the Purāṇa’s encyclopedic tendency to embed cosmological/astrological description alongside narrative frameworks.

What is the symbolic significance?

Fresh shoots and flowering places evoke renewal and fecundity; lake-shores (pulina) suggest liminal zones where life gathers. Symbolically, the rāśi’s ‘roaming’ links energetic beginnings (Meṣa) with verdant, water-adjacent vitality.