Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 51

The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage

Devanagari script

भिक्षुरुवाच मया स्नानं प्रयागे तु कृतं प्रथममेव हि ततो ऽथ तीर्थे कुब्जाम्रे जयन्ते चण्डिकेश्वरे

Transliteration

bhikṣuruvāca mayā snānaṃ prayāge tu kṛtaṃ prathamameva hi tato 'tha tīrthe kubjāmre jayante caṇḍikeśvare

Translation

行乞者说道：“我首先在普罗耶伽（Prayāga）行了圣浴。其后又在库布迦摩罗（Kubjāmra）之渡口圣地、在阇延多（Jayanta）、以及在旃提计湿伐罗（Caṇḍikeśvara）沐浴。”

Word by Word

• भिक्षुः: the mendicant
• भिक्षुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• मया: by me/I
• मया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्ता-करण), एकवचन; उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रयागे: at Prayāga
• प्रयागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तीर्थनाम

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषणार्थक अव्यय (but/indeed)

• कृतम्: was done/performed
• कृतम्: Kriya (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘कृत’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (was done)

• प्रथमम्: first
• प्रथमम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative: firstly)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• हि: for
• हि: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (for/indeed)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: ततः-अव्यय (thereafter)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कुब्जाम्रे: at Kubjāmra (a tīrtha/place)
• कुब्जाम्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुब्ज (प्रातिपदिक) + आम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थाननाम; कर्मधारय (कुब्जः आम्रः/कुब्ज-आम्रः = ‘the bent mango(-tree/place)’)

• जयन्ते: at Jayanta
• जयन्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थाननाम (Jayanta)

• चण्डिकेश्वरे: at Caṇḍikeśvara
• चण्डिकेश्वरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डिका (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चण्डिकायाः ईश्वरः = Lord of Caṇḍikā); स्थान/देवनाम

Speakers

• Bhikṣu (mendicant narrator) speaking within the larger Purāṇic dialogue framework (commonly Pulastya–Nārada in Vāmana Purāṇa)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu
• Shiva

Key Themes

• Sacred Geography
• Tirtha-Mahatmya
• Vrata/Rituals
• Sectarian Harmony (implicit: inclusion of Śaiva tīrtha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse frames pilgrimage as disciplined practice: beginning with a paradigmatic confluence (Prayāga) and proceeding through a sequence of consecrated sites. The ethical emphasis is on intentionality and reverence expressed through ritual action (snāna), not mere travel.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This passage aligns best with tīrtha-māhātmya material typically embedded within Purāṇic narration; within the pañcalakṣaṇa grid it is ancillary to vamśānucarita and dharma-oriented instruction, functioning as a dharma/ācāra supplement rather than sarga/pratisarga.

What is the symbolic significance?

Listing both broadly Vaiṣṇava-associated centers (e.g., Prayāga) and explicitly Śaiva markers (Caṇḍikeśvara) reflects the Vāmana Purāṇa’s integrative sacred map, where merit accrues across sectarian boundaries through shared tīrtha culture.