Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 10
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
ततः पूषा हरं वीक्ष्य विनिघ्नन्तं सुरासुरान् क्रोधाद् बाहू प्रसार्यथ प्रदुद्राव महेश्वरम्
tataḥ pūṣā haraṃ vīkṣya vinighnantaṃ surāsurān krodhād bāhū prasāryatha pradudrāva maheśvaram
তখন পূষা হরকে দেব-অসুর উভয়কে নিধন করতে দেখে, ক্রোধে বাহু প্রসারিত করে মহেশ্বরের দিকে ধাবিত হলেন।
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FAQs
Even devas, when overtaken by krodha (anger), can act rashly; the verse warns that indignation without discernment leads to confrontation with higher dharma/power, here embodied by Maheśvara.
Primarily under Vaṃśānucarita/Carita-style narrative material (accounts of divine deeds and conflicts), rather than cosmogenesis (sarga/pratisarga).
Śiva’s striking of both sura and asura can symbolize transcendence of partisan alignment: the divine operates to restore order, not to validate factional pride—even among the gods.