Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 35
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
आदित्यांशश्च पुष्यं च आश्लेषा शशिनो गृहम् राशिः कर्कटको नाम पार्श्वे मखविनाशिनः/थ 5.34 पित्र्यर्क्षं भगदैवत्यमुत्तरांश् च केसरी सूर्यक्षेत्रं विभोर्ब्रह्मन् हृदयं परिगीयते
ādityāṃśaśca puṣyaṃ ca āśleṣā śaśino gṛham rāśiḥ karkaṭako nāma pārśve makhavināśinaḥ/tha 5.34 pitryarkṣaṃ bhagadaivatyamuttarāṃś ca kesarī sūryakṣetraṃ vibhorbrahman hṛdayaṃ parigīyate
আদিত্য-অংশ, পুষ্য ও আশ্লেষা—এগুলি চন্দ্রের গৃহ। কর্কটক নামক রাশি যজ্ঞ-বিনাশক (দক্ষযজ্ঞ-ধ্বংসকারী) প্রভুর পার্শ্বে স্থিত। ভগ-দেবতাযুক্ত পিতৃ-নক্ষত্র এবং উত্তরাংশও (নিযুক্ত); হে ব্রাহ্মণ, সেই বিভুর সূর্য-ক্ষেত্র হৃদয়রূপে গীত।
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FAQs
The passage fuses myth (Śiva as the corrector of ritual arrogance in Dakṣa’s sacrifice) with cosmology (Sun/Moon regions and nakṣatras). The implied lesson is that ritual power must be grounded in humility and right order; cosmic order mirrors moral order.
Primarily Sarga/Pratisarga (cosmic structuring). The epithet ‘makhavināśin’ gestures to an Itihāsa-like mythic episode, but here it functions as identification within a cosmological catalogue.
Calling the ‘Sun’s field’ the Lord’s heart makes Sūrya the inner luminous principle of the deity’s cosmic body—linking external time/illumination with inner consciousness. The flank assignment to Karkaṭa (a watery sign) can suggest protective containment and nurturing, placed on the ‘side’ of the Lord who disciplines misdirected sacrifice.