Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 2), Shloka 26

Shiva’s Wedding Procession to Kailasa and the Marriage of Girija (Kali)

Devanagari script

एकेनाक्ष्णाञ्जितेनैव श्रुत्वा भीममुपागतम् साञ्जनां च प्रगृह्यान्या शलाकां सुष्ठु धावति

Transliteration

ekenākṣṇāñjitenaiva śrutvā bhīmamupāgatam sāñjanāṃ ca pragṛhyānyā śalākāṃ suṣṭhu dhāvati

Translation

صرف ایک آنکھ میں سرمہ لگائے ہوئے، بھیَم (ہیبت ناک) کے آنے کی خبر سن کر، دوسری عورت سرمہ اور شَلاکا (لگانے کی سلائی) پکڑ کر بہت تیزی سے دوڑی۔

Word by Word

• एकेन: with one
• एकेन: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अक्ष्णा’ इति विशेषण

• अक्ष्णा: with (her) eye
• अक्ष्णा: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अक्ष्णा = instrumental of akṣi)

• अञ्जितेन: smeared/anointed (with collyrium)
• अञ्जितेन: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: añjita (कृदन्त; √añj)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अक्ष्णा’ इति विशेषण

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle): एव = only/just

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• भीमम्: terrible / fearsome
• भीमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘उपागतम्’ इति विशेषण/सम्बन्धि (भीमं = भयानकम्)

• उपागतम्: approached / arrived
• उपागतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upa-ā-gata (कृदन्त; √gam)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘(तम्) उपागतम्’ = ‘approached/arrived’ (object understood)

• स-अञ्जनाम्: (a stick) with collyrium
• स-अञ्जनाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa-añjanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: अञ्जनेन सह (सह-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रगृह्य: having taken up
• प्रगृह्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• अन्या: another (woman)
• अन्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शलाकाम्: a small stick/applicator
• शलाकाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śalākā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुष्ठु: quickly / well
• सुष्ठु: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: suṣṭhu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): भृशम्/सम्यक्

• धावति: runs
• धावति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhāv (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speakers

• Not explicit in given verses (likely within Pulastya–Nārada frame typical of Vāmana Purāṇa)

Key Themes

• Everyday life imagery
• Bhaya (alarm) and immediacy
• Śṛṅgāra motif (adornment) intersecting with sudden fear

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse uses ordinary domestic imagery (half-finished adornment) to show how quickly the mind and body shift when confronted with sudden fear or urgent news—an implicit reminder of life’s instability and the immediacy of reaction (kṣaṇikatva).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is best classified under ākhyāna/anuśaṅga within broader tīrtha-māhātmya or narrative description; it is not directly sarga/pratisarga. It functions as a descriptive interlude supporting the ongoing story (often grouped under vaṃśānucarita/ākhyāna material in Purāṇic organization).

What is the symbolic significance?

Collyrium and the applicator symbolize cultivated appearance and worldly preoccupation; the abrupt interruption by ‘bhīma’ highlights how external events override personal vanity, pointing to the fragility of embodied concerns.