Vamana Purana — Shiva's Wedding Procession (Part 1), Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

धन्यो ऽयं पर्वतश्रेष्ठः श्लाघ्यः पूज्यश्च दैवतैः धूतपापस्तथा जातो भवतां पादपङ्कजैः

Transliteration

dhanyo 'yaṃ parvataśreṣṭhaḥ ślāghyaḥ pūjyaśca daivataiḥ dhūtapāpastathā jāto bhavatāṃ pādapaṅkajaiḥ

Translation

此山为群山之最，实为有福；可称颂，亦堪诸天礼敬。因你们莲华之足所临，其罪垢已被涤除。

Word by Word

• धन्यः: blessed/fortunate
• धन्यः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (पर्वतश्रेष्ठः)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• पर्वतश्रेष्ठः: best of mountains
• पर्वतश्रेष्ठः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पर्वतानां श्रेष्ठः), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• श्लाघ्यः: praiseworthy
• श्लाघ्यः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्लाघ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (अयम्/पर्वतश्रेष्ठः)

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship
• पूज्यः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• दैवतैः: by the gods
• दैवतैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• धूतपापः: one whose sins are washed away
• धूतपापः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूत (धू-धातु + क्त, कृदन्त) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (धूतं पापं यस्य/धूतपापः), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (अयम्)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb)

• जातः: has become
• जातः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विधेय-भावे (has become)

• भवताम्: of you (honorific, plural)
• भवताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/भवद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम्; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः

• पादपङ्कजैः: by (your) lotus-feet
• पादपङ्कजैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + पङ्कज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पादयोः पङ्कजानि = feet-lotuses), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्

Speakers

• Narrative voice not explicit in this verse alone; immediately followed by Pulastya’s narration in v.6 (Pulastya as narrator in frame dialogue).

Key Themes

• Tīrtha-māhātmya
• Pāda-sevā (sanctifying power of divine feet)
• Purification from pāpa
• Sacred landscape consecration

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Contact with the divine (symbolized by the deity’s ‘lotus-feet’) purifies; sacredness is not merely inherent in geography but is intensified by association with realized/divine presence, encouraging reverence toward sanctified places and humility before the holy.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Most consistent with Vamśānucarita / Ācāra-dharma adjunct material typical of Purāṇas—specifically tīrtha-māhātmya (praise of holy places), which often appears alongside genealogical/narrative strata even if not one of the five strict headings.

What is the symbolic significance?

The ‘lotus-feet’ symbolize the grounding of transcendence into the world: when the divine ‘steps’ upon a place, the ordinary becomes a locus of liberation (kṣetra-śakti). The mountain’s elevation mirrors spiritual ascent, while purification (dhūta-pāpa) indicates inner cleansing through devotion.