Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 27
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
पितामहो ऽप्यहङ्कारात् प्रत्युवाचाथ को भवान् भवतो जनकः को ऽत्र जननी वा तदुच्यताम्
pitāmaho 'pyahaṅkārāt pratyuvācātha ko bhavān bhavato janakaḥ ko 'tra jananī vā taducyatām
Pitāmaha (Brahmā) too, due to Ahaṅkāra, replied: 'And who are you? Here, who is your father, or your mother? Let that be stated.'
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FAQs
Ego drives beings to measure worth by lineage and status; the corrective is to recognize a higher source beyond personal origin-stories—leading to concord and dharma.
Sarga, with a transition toward Vamśa/Vamśānucarita-style concerns (questions of progenitors), though still situated inside the creation-theology discourse.
The mirrored questioning dramatizes how ahaṅkāra produces symmetrical ignorance: each demands the other’s origin, forgetting the shared ground of the Absolute; this supports the Purāṇa’s broader non-sectarian synthesis by portraying conflict as circumstantial, not ultimate.