Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 27
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
ततो वृषध्वजं दृष्ट्वा कन्दर्पः कुसुमायुधः अपत्नीकं तदास्त्रेण उन्मादेनाभ्यताडयत्
tato vṛṣadhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā kandarpaḥ kusumāyudhaḥ apatnīkaṃ tadāstreṇa unmādenābhyatāḍayat
ثمّ، لما رأى ربَّ الراية ذات الثور (شِيفا)، ضرب كَنْدَرْبَة (كاما) ذو سلاح الزهور ذلك الذي كان بلا زوجة بسلاحه—سهم الوَهْم والجنون.
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FAQs
Desire can ‘strike’ even the great, but its force is ultimately a test of steadiness; the episode frames kāma as a disruptive power that must be governed by discernment and tapas (inner discipline).
Vamśānucarita / didactic narrative: it is an exemplary myth illustrating the workings of kāma and the ascetic ideal, embedded in the Purāṇic story-cycle.
Kāma’s flower-weapon represents pleasurable but binding impressions; the ‘unmāda’ motif signals how desire can manifest as भ्रम (confusion) and agitation, especially in a mind destabilized by grief.