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
Entonces Śambhu (Śiva) fue vencido por el orgulloso Nacido del Loto (Brahmā). Quedó de pie con el rostro inclinado, abatido—como la luna cuando es apresada por el graha en el 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.