Shloka 4
Kāmodākhyāna
Glory of the Kāmodā Sacred Place
यदा सुरासुरैर्देवि मथितः क्षीरसागरः । कामोदा सा तदोत्पन्ना कन्यारत्नचतुष्टये ॥ ४ ॥
yadā surāsurairdevi mathitaḥ kṣīrasāgaraḥ | kāmodā sā tadotpannā kanyāratnacatuṣṭaye || 4 ||
اے دیوی، جب دیوتاؤں اور اسوروں نے کَشیر ساگر کو متھا، تب اسی وقت کامودا نامی دیوی چار کنیا-رتنوں میں سے ایک کے طور پر ظاہر ہوئیں۔
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It links a sacred figure (Kāmodā) to the archetypal event of Samudra Manthana, presenting her origin as divinely sanctioned and therefore worthy of remembrance, veneration, and pilgrimage-oriented reverence in the Uttara-Bhāga’s tīrtha–māhātmya framework.
By grounding devotion in sacred history: remembering divine manifestations that arise from cosmic events (like the churning of the Ocean of Milk) becomes a form of smaraṇa (devotional recollection), which supports bhakti through faith in the Purāṇic revelation of divine origins.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught directly in this verse; however, it reflects Purāṇic-itihāsa style transmission used alongside Vyākaraṇa-informed precision in naming and classification (e.g., identifying a specific figure and her category as a “kanyā-ratna” within a counted set of four).