Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 5
The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage
जातास्ताः कन्यकास्तिस्रः षडब्दात् परतो मुने कर्तुं तपः प्रयातास्ता देवास्ता ददृशुः शुभाः
jātāstāḥ kanyakāstisraḥ ṣaḍabdāt parato mune kartuṃ tapaḥ prayātāstā devāstā dadṛśuḥ śubhāḥ
O pantas, pagkalipas ng anim na taon, ang tatlong dalagang iyon, matapos isilang, ay naglakbay upang magsagawa ng tapas (pagpapakasakit na banal); noon ay namasdan sila ng mga diyos bilang mga mapalad.
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FAQs
Tapas is presented as a force that draws divine notice: even very young practitioners can generate spiritual potency and auspiciousness (śubhatva) through disciplined intent.
Still within Vaṃśānucarita/Carita: a biographical turn (their decision for tapas) that leads into interaction with higher worlds and deities.
‘After six years’ functions as a narrative marker of early maturation into dharma; the gods ‘seeing’ them signals that tapas is socially/cosmically legible—an act that changes one’s standing in the universe.