Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 20
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
त्रिपुरघ्नस्ततः क्रुद्धस्तलेनाहत्य चक्षुषी निपातयामास भुवि क्षोभयन्सर्वदेवताः
tripuraghnastataḥ kruddhastalenāhatya cakṣuṣī nipātayāmāsa bhuvi kṣobhayansarvadevatāḥ
Alors Tripuraghna (Śiva), saisi de colère, les frappa aux yeux de la paume et les fit tomber à terre, ébranlant toutes les divinités.
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FAQs
Sight (cakṣus) often stands for discernment and also for pride in one’s ‘vision’ or authority; the act of striking the eyes conveys that power without submission to dharma and the supreme becomes spiritually ‘blind’ and is inevitably brought low.
This is best categorized as narrative of divine deeds (carita) within the broader purāṇic historical stream (often grouped under vaṃśānucarita-type narration), not cosmogenesis (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya).
Tripuraghna’s palm-strike is a motif of effortless supremacy: the Devas’ fall shows that cosmic order is maintained not by office-holders but by the transcendent regulator; it also foreshadows that boons, ranks, and ritual privileges are secondary to inner alignment.