Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 15
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
सा शङ्करवचः श्रुत्वा जया वचनमब्रवीत् श्रत्वा मखस्था दक्षस्य भगिन्यः पतिभिः सह
sā śaṅkaravacaḥ śrutvā jayā vacanamabravīt śratvā makhasthā dakṣasya bhaginyaḥ patibhiḥ saha
فلما سمعت «جايا» كلام شانكرا نطقت بالجواب. وحين سمع ذلك أخواتُ دكشا—الحاضرات في مجلس القربان (المَخا)—أقبلن مع أزواجهنّ [استجابةً/اجتماعًا].
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FAQs
Speech and counsel in a ritual setting can redirect the course of events; the verse emphasizes how hearing (śravaṇa) precedes response and collective action, a common Purāṇic motif for moral causality.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita-type narration (episodes about divine figures and ritual conflict), not cosmogenesis; it is an embedded sacred history illustrating dharma and adharma around yajña.
‘Makha’ symbolizes ritual order; the presence of Dakṣa’s kin at the yajña signals social-religious consensus that will soon be challenged by Rudra’s counter-principle: inner truth over mere formalism.