Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 44
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
शरास्त्वमोघान्मोघत्वमापन्नान्वीक्ष्य केशवः दिव्यैरस्त्रैर्वीरभद्रं प्रच्छादयितुमुद्यतः
śarāstvamoghānmoghatvamāpannānvīkṣya keśavaḥ divyairastrairvīrabhadraṃ pracchādayitumudyataḥ
لما رأى كيشافا أن السهام—وإن كانت لا تُخطئ—قد صارت عديمة الأثر، تهيّأ لأن يُغشي فيرابهادرا بالأسلحة السماوية ويغمره بها.
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FAQs
When ordinary means fail, the narrative shows a turn to subtler, ‘divine’ means—yet this is not mere aggression; it functions as a test of relative divine prerogatives and the limits placed upon power by cosmic order.
Episode-based carita (Vamśānucarita/carita) within the mythic narration, illustrating divine interactions rather than cosmogenesis or genealogical catalogues.
‘Amogha becoming mogha’ dramatizes that labels like ‘infallible’ are contextual in Purāṇic poetics: a power may be infallible against ordinary foes yet checked before an equal/complementary divine principle (here, Śaiva power embodied in Vīrabhadra), supporting the text’s non-sectarian theology.