Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Defeat & Redemption, Shloka 45

Andhaka’s Defeat, the Bhairava Manifestation, and His Redemption as Bhṛṅgī Gaṇapati

Devanagari script

त्वां पूजयिष्यन्ति सुरा ऋषः पितरोरगाः यक्षविद्याधराश्चैव मानवाश्च शुभङ्करि

Transliteration

tvāṃ pūjayiṣyanti surā ṛṣaḥ pitaroragāḥ yakṣavidyādharāścaiva mānavāśca śubhaṅkari

Translation

O auspicious one, the gods, sages, Pitṛs, Nāgas, Yakṣas, Vidyādharas, and also human beings will worship you.

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided excerpt (a speaker is praising/addressing Devī Carccikā).

Primary Deities

• Carccikā Devī

Key Themes

• Devi-stuti
• Universality of worship (all classes of beings)
• Auspiciousness and protection

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

Why are so many classes of beings listed as worshippers?

The catalogue (Devas, Ṛṣis, Pitṛs, Nāgas, Yakṣas, Vidyādharas, humans) is a Purāṇic device to signal the goddess’s supra-local authority: her cult and power are acknowledged across cosmic tiers—heavenly, ancestral, subterranean, and terrestrial.

Does this imply a tīrtha context even though no place-name appears here?

Yes. In Vāmana Purāṇa, praise of a deity frequently functions as a ‘mahatmya’ frame: the deity’s fame legitimizes a site, rite, or pilgrimage practice that is specified in adjacent verses (here, the geography becomes explicit in 44.47).

What is the theological tone of ‘śubhaṅkarī’?

It emphasizes beneficence and auspicious results (śubha-phala) from worship—often implying protection, boons, and the sanctification of the locale where the deity is established or encountered.