Vamana Purana — Vishnu's Sleep (Ashunya-Shayana), Shloka 64

The Caturmasya Observances and the Rite of Vishnu’s Sleep (Aśūnya-Śayana) and Shiva’s Monthly Vows

Devanagari script

इदमुक्तं व्रतं पुण्यं सर्वाक्षयकरं शुभम् स्वयं रुद्रण देवर्षे तत्तथा न तदन्यथा

Transliteration

idamuktaṃ vrataṃ puṇyaṃ sarvākṣayakaraṃ śubham svayaṃ rudraṇa devarṣe tattathā na tadanyathā

Translation

یہ ورت نیکی والا، مبارک اور ہر قسم کے اَکشَی (ناقابلِ زوال) پھل دینے والا بتایا گیا ہے۔ اے دیورشی، یہ خود رودر نے فرمایا ہے؛ یہ ایسا ہی ہے، اس کے سوا نہیں۔

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• uktam: said
• uktam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/spoken’

• vratam: vow, observance
• vratam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• puṇyam: meritorious, holy
• puṇyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• sarva-akṣaya-karam: causing universal imperishability
• sarva-akṣaya-karam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुषार्थः: ‘सर्वस्य अक्षयस्य करः’/‘सर्वाक्षयकरः’ = causing imperishability for all

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• svayam: personally, oneself
• svayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थे/स्वयमेव (indeclinable, emphatic ‘oneself’)

• rudraṇa: O Rudra
• rudraṇa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; रूपम् ‘रुद्र’/‘रुद्रण’ (Vedic/archaic vocative)

• deva-ṛṣe: O divine sage
• deva-ṛṣe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘देवश्चासौ ऋषिः’ = divine sage

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tathā: thus, so
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• anyathā: otherwise
• anyathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारान्तरवाचक (adverb ‘otherwise’)

Speakers

• Not explicitly indicated in the provided excerpt; the vocative ‘devarṣe’ suggests narration addressed to a sage within the dialogue framework (commonly Pulastya ↔ Nārada).

Primary Deities

• Shiva

Key Themes

• Vrata/Rituals
• Phala-śruti
• Divine authority (Śiva-vacana)
• Akṣaya (inexhaustible fruit)
• Śubha/Puṇya

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text frames vrata as a transformative commitment whose value rests on sincerity and adherence; divine endorsement underscores accountability—religious practice is not arbitrary but anchored in a transmitted sacred order.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is dharma/ācāra-oriented instruction (vrata-phala) embedded in Purāṇic narration; it functions as an authoritative closure typical of phala-śruti passages rather than cosmological (sarga) material.

What is the symbolic significance?

‘Spoken by Rudra himself’ elevates the vow from local custom to revealed ordinance; the insistence ‘not otherwise’ (na tad anyathā) is a performative seal, reinforcing faith (śraddhā) and the idea of akṣaya—merit that transcends ordinary depletion.