Vamana Purana — Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva, Shloka 60

The Saptarishis Seek Uma for Shiva: Himavan Grants the Marriage

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच ततस्तु तपसा वृद्धा देव्याः सोमप्रभा सखी भिक्षवे कथयामास यथावत् सा हि नारद

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca tatastu tapasā vṛddhā devyāḥ somaprabhā sakhī bhikṣave kathayāmāsa yathāvat sā hi nārada

Translation

普拉斯提亚说道：随后，女神的侍友苏摩普拉芭（Somaprabhā）因苦行而臻于成熟，便向那位行乞的出家者如实而周详地叙述了一切；她确实如此说道，噢，那罗陀。

Word by Word

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb: 'then/from that')

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (particle: 'but/indeed')

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• वृद्धा: grown/aged
• वृद्धा: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• देव्याः: of the goddess
• देव्याः: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• सोमप्रभा: Somaprabhā
• सोमप्रभा: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य प्रभा इव/सोमसम्भवा प्रभा)

• सखी: friend
• सखी: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (in apposition to सोमप्रभा)

• भिक्षवे: to the mendicant/beggar
• भिक्षवे: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• कथयामास: narrated/told
• कथयामास: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु, णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्) periphrastic, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'properly/in due manner')

• सा: she
• सा: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु (particle: 'indeed/for')

• नारद: O Nārada
• नारद: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speakers

• Pulastya to Nārada (narrative frame); introduces Somaprabhā speaking to a Bhikṣu

Primary Deities

• Pārvatī (Devī)
• Hara (Śiva)

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Tapas (austerity)
• Narrative framing (itihāsa-kathana)
• Sectarian harmony (implicit via Purāṇic style)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse foregrounds tapas as a transformative discipline (vṛddhā)—a means of inner ripening that authorizes truthful narration and spiritual insight.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative transmission within a dialogue frame (ṛṣi-to-ṛṣi discourse), rather than cosmogenesis; it functions as episodic sacred history/teaching.

What is the symbolic significance?

Somaprabhā (“moon-lustre”) as the Devī’s companion suggests calm, reflective clarity supporting the Devī’s ascetic aim—preparing the listener for the motive of Pārvatī’s tapas.