Vamana Purana — Narada Questions Pulastya, Shloka 12
Narada Questions Pulastya: The Vamana Purana Begins and Satī’s Monsoon Lament
ग्रीष्मः प्रवृत्तो देवेश न च ते विद्यते गृहम् यत्र वातातपौ ग्रीष्मे स्थितयोर्नौ गमिष्यतः
grīṣmaḥ pravṛtto deveśa na ca te vidyate gṛham yatra vātātapau grīṣme sthitayornau gamiṣyataḥ
اے دیویش! گرمیوں کا موسم شروع ہو گیا ہے اور آپ کا کوئی گھر نہیں؛ جب گرمی میں ہوا اور جھلسا دینے والی دھوپ ہو تو ہم دونوں کہاں جائیں؟
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FAQs
The verse models prudent foresight and care: acknowledging vulnerability (heat/wind) becomes the trigger for seeking a proper abode—often a Purāṇic cue for establishing dharmic space (āśraya) such as a tīrtha, āśrama, or ritual observance.
Still within introductory narrative. It does not directly express sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa, but it sets up an instructive episode that may later connect to dharma-pravacana embedded in vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling.
‘Wind and sun-heat’ (vāta–ātapa) function as symbols of worldly dualities and discomforts; the search for ‘gṛha’ (dwelling) can foreshadow the discovery of a sanctified refuge—temple, liṅga-site, or tīrtha—where cosmic order is made habitable.