Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 5
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
सरस्सु पद्म गगने च तारका जलाशयेष्वेव तथा पयांसि सतां च चित्तं हि दिशां मुखैः समं वैमल्यमायान्ति शशङ्ककान्तयः // वम्प्_2.4 ए तादृशे हरः काले मघपृष्ठाधिवासिनीम् सतीमादाय शैलेन्द्रं मन्दरं समुपाययौ
sarassu padma gagane ca tārakā jalāśayeṣveva tathā payāṃsi satāṃ ca cittaṃ hi diśāṃ mukhaiḥ samaṃ vaimalyamāyānti śaśaṅkakāntayaḥ // VamP_2.4 e tādṛśe haraḥ kāle maghapṛṣṭhādhivāsinīm satīmādāya śailendraṃ mandaraṃ samupāyayau
সরোবরগুলিতে পদ্ম উজ্জ্বল হয়, আকাশে তারারা দীপ্ত হয়, জলাশয়ে জলও নির্মল দেখায়। তেমনি চন্দ্রকান্তি সকল দিকেই সমভাবে সজ্জনদের চিত্তে বিশুদ্ধতা আনে। এমন সময়ে হর, মঘার পৃষ্ঠে নিবাসিনী সতীকে সঙ্গে নিয়ে পর্বতরাজ মন্দরগিরিতে গমন করলেন।
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FAQs
Purity is portrayed as both cosmological and psychological: moonlight ‘clears’ waters and also clarifies the minds of the virtuous. The ethical suggestion is that sattvic minds resonate with cosmic order, becoming naturally lucid and non-turbulent.
Primarily narrative (ākhyāna) and setting for a deity-focused episode rather than sarga/pratisarga. It supports dharma-oriented teaching indirectly by establishing auspicious time and sanctified space for ensuing events.
Moonlight (śaśāṅka-kānti) symbolizes cooling illumination—knowledge that pacifies. Mandara, a famed cosmic mountain in Purāṇic imagination, signals a transition from pastoral/natural description to a divine-līlā setting centered on Śiva with Satī.