Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 49
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
स तद् वसिष्ठवचनं निशम्य दनुपुङ्गवः जगाम धर्मराजानं विजेतुं दण्डपाणिनम्
sa tad vasiṣṭhavacanaṃ niśamya danupuṅgavaḥ jagāma dharmarājānaṃ vijetuṃ daṇḍapāṇinam
Als er die Worte Vasiṣṭhas vernommen hatte, zog der Vornehmste der Dānavas aus, um Dharmarāja—Yama, den Träger des Strafstabes—zu besiegen.
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FAQs
Dharmarāja emphasizes Yama’s role as the sovereign administrator of moral law, while daṇḍapāṇi (‘staff in hand’) highlights punitive authority—he is not merely a deity of death but the enforcer of dharma through judgment and consequence.
It signals extreme Asuric ambition: attempting to subdue the very principle of retributive justice. Such episodes typically foreshadow divine intervention and the reassertion of cosmic balance.