Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 23
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
ततस्तं यज्ञवाटं तु शङ्करो घोरचक्षुषा ददर्श दग्धुं कोपेन सर्वांश्चैव सुरामुरान्
tatastaṃ yajñavāṭaṃ tu śaṅkaro ghoracakṣuṣā dadarśa dagdhuṃ kopena sarvāṃścaiva surāmurān
তেতিয়া শংকৰে ভয়ংকৰ চকুৰে সেই যজ্ঞৱাটক চালে; ক্ৰোধত তাক আৰু সকলো দেৱ-অসুৰকো দগ্ধ কৰিবলৈ উদ্যত হ’ল।
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FAQs
Yajña is not merely a formal act; it must be aligned with dharma and cosmic order. When ritual becomes a site of arrogance, exclusion, or disorder, Rudra’s gaze signifies the corrective force that restores balance—even if it manifests as fearsome destruction.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative material (episode-driven divine intervention in ongoing Deva–Asura affairs), rather than cosmogenesis (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya). It also touches dharma through the integrity of yajña.
Śiva’s ‘terrible eyes’ function as the purifying fire of awareness: the gaze that reduces impurity and pretension to ash. The inclusion of both Devas and Asuras under threat underscores a non-partisan cosmic justice—divinity disciplines all when dharma is endangered.