Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 30
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
ततो विनिर्जितः शंभुर्मानिना पद्मयोनिना तस्थावधोमुखो दीनो ग्रहाक्रान्तो यथा शशी
tato vinirjitaḥ śaṃbhurmāninā padmayoninā tasthāvadhomukho dīno grahākrānto yathā śaśī
Then Śambhu (Śiva) was overcome by the proud Lotus-born (Brahmā). He stood with face cast downward, dejected—like the moon when seized by a graha in an eclipse.
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FAQs
Even divine figures are depicted within moral pedagogy: pride (māna) leads to antagonism and humiliation. The lesson is restraint, humility, and avoidance of competitive disparagement—especially in spiritual matters.
This is not vamśa/lineage material; it functions as an origin-episode within Sarga/Pratisarga-style mythic explanation, using a conflict narrative to account for subsequent developments (e.g., the birth of a discordant principle).
Śiva likened to the eclipsed moon suggests obscuration of innate luminosity by a ‘graha’—symbolically, ego and rivalry eclipse divine clarity. In a non-sectarian Purāṇic reading, the point is not Śiva’s inferiority but the peril of rivalry between complementary cosmic principles.