Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 61
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
तं प्रविष्टं तदा दृष्ट्वा भार्गवात्रेययोषितः प्रक्षोभमगमन् सर्वा हीनसत्त्वाः समन्ततः
taṃ praviṣṭaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā bhārgavātreyayoṣitaḥ prakṣobhamagaman sarvā hīnasattvāḥ samantataḥ
اسے اُس وقت داخل ہوتے دیکھ کر بھارگوؤں اور آتریوں کی بیویاں ہر طرف سے مضطرب ہو گئیں، کیونکہ ان کا ضبطِ نفس کمزور تھا۔
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FAQs
The verse highlights how lack of inner steadiness (sattva/saṃyama) leads to agitation when confronted with powerful stimuli. It implicitly contrasts ordinary susceptibility to desire with the ideal of disciplined conduct.
This is best classified under ākhyāna / vaṃśānucarita-adjacent narrative material (exemplary episode involving rishis’ families), rather than cosmology (sarga/pratisarga) or manvantara. It functions as dharma-instruction through story.
Maheshvara’s presence operates as a catalyst revealing inner dispositions: those with weakened restraint are shaken. The episode sets up a contrast with exemplary chastity (developed explicitly in the next verse).