Vamana Purana — Shukra's Samjivani, Shloka 36

Shukra’s Saṃjīvanī, Shiva’s Containment of the Asuras, and Indra’s Recovery of Power

Devanagari script

मुनीन् मनुजसाध्यांश्च पशुकीटपिपीलिकान् वृक्षगुल्मान् गिरीन् वल्ल्यः फलमूलौषधानि च

Transliteration

munīn manujasādhyāṃśca paśukīṭapipīlikān vṛkṣagulmān girīn vallyaḥ phalamūlauṣadhāni ca

Translation

اس نے مُنیوں، انسانوں اور سادھیوں کو؛ جانوروں، کیڑوں اور چیونٹیوں کو؛ درختوں، جھاڑیوں، پہاڑوں، بیلوں اور پھل، جڑیں اور دواؤں والی جڑی بوٹیوں کو بھی دیکھا۔

Speakers

• Narrator (Purāṇic voice) completing the inventory of beings and natural forms perceived in the divine interior.

Primary Deities

• Shiva

Key Themes

• Totality of creation (sentient and insentient)
• Ecological/cosmological inclusivity
• Hierarchy-free divine immanence (from gods to ants and herbs)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

Why does the verse include tiny creatures like ants alongside sages and celestial beings?

The rhetorical aim is completeness: the divine contains all scales of life. By pairing exalted beings (munis, Sādhyas) with the smallest (pipīlikā), the text asserts an all-pervading sacred reality without exclusion.

What do ‘phala–mūla–auṣadhi’ add to the cosmological list?

They extend the inventory from beings to sustenance and healing—food (fruits/roots) and medicine (herbs). This frames the cosmos as a living, supportive system present within the deity, not merely a catalog of creatures.

Is ‘giri’ here a specific sacred mountain?

No. The term is generic (‘mountains’). Unlike tīrtha sections that name specific sites, this passage is cosmographic and intentionally non-localized.