Shloka 57
Sati's Death & Virabhadra — Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
ततस्तु देवप्रवरे जटाधरे त्रिशूलपाणौ त्रिपुरान्तकारिणि दक्षस्य यज्ञं विशति क्षयङ्करे जातो ऋषीणां प्रवरो हि साध्वसः
tatastu devapravare jaṭādhare triśūlapāṇau tripurāntakāriṇi dakṣasya yajñaṃ viśati kṣayaṅkare jāto ṛṣīṇāṃ pravaro hi sādhvasaḥ
Als dann der vornehmste der Götter — Jaṭādhara, mit dem Dreizack in der Hand, der Bezwinger Tripuras, der Verderben bringt — in Dakṣas Opfer eintrat, erhob sich unter den erhabensten der ṛṣi wahrlich große Furcht.
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FAQs
Even exalted ritualists (ṛṣis) are shaken when the divine appears as moral gravity: dharma is not maintained by form alone, but by humility and inclusion of the rightful divine order.
Vamśānucarita / carita: an episode illustrating the governance of the cosmos through divine intervention, often used in purāṇas to ground ethical instruction in mythic history.
Tripurāntaka entering the yajña signifies that the ‘destroyer’ is also the purifier: the same power that annihilates cosmic fortresses (Tripura) dismantles inner fortresses of pride within sacrificial religion.