Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 16
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
आदित्याद्यास्त्रिलोकेश समं शक्रादिभिः सुरैः मातृष्वसा विपन्नेयमन्तर्दुःखेन दह्यती
ādityādyāstrilokeśa samaṃ śakrādibhiḥ suraiḥ mātṛṣvasā vipanneyamantarduḥkhena dahyatī
হে ত্ৰিলোকেশ! আদিত্যাদি দেৱগণ ইন্দ্ৰাদি সুৰসকলৰ সৈতে ইয়াত উপস্থিত; তথাপি এই মাতৃস্বসা (মাতৃভগ্নী) বিপন্ন, অন্তৰ্দুঃখে দহি আছে।
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FAQs
External grandeur—assemblies of devas and ritual pomp—cannot resolve inner adharma or emotional injury; Purāṇic ethics repeatedly privilege inner truth (antar-bhāva) over mere public validation.
Again, episodic sacred history (carita) rather than sarga/pratisarga; it supports dharma-teaching through exemplary narrative about the consequences of ritual pride and relational harm.
‘Burning with inner sorrow’ prefigures Rudra’s outward fire-like rage: the feminine interior pain becomes the narrative seed for cosmic-ritual disruption, showing psyche and cosmos mirrored in Purāṇic storytelling.