Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 12
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
कराभ्यां प्रगृहीतस्य शंभुनांशुमतो ऽपि हि कराङ्गुलिभ्यो निश्चेरुरसृग्धाराः समन्ततः
karābhyāṃ pragṛhītasya śaṃbhunāṃśumato 'pi hi karāṅgulibhyo niścerurasṛgdhārāḥ samantataḥ
অংশুমান দীপ্তিমান আছিল যদিও, শম্ভুৱে তেওঁক দুয়ো হাতে দৃঢ়ভাৱে ধৰি লোৱাত তেওঁৰ আঙুলিৰ পৰা চাৰিওফালে ৰক্তধাৰা ওলাই আহিল।
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FAQs
Radiance or status (aṃśumat) does not exempt one from the consequences of adharma-driven aggression; even the ‘shining’ can be wounded when acting from ego and anger.
Carita material supporting dharma as the regulating principle in the cosmos; it functions as an exemplum within the Purāṇic narrative flow.
Blood flowing from the fingers can signify the draining of agency and power: the hands (instruments of action) become the site of consequence, portraying the curbing of misdirected action by the supreme.