Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 41

Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac

Devanagari script

धनिष्ठार्धं शतभिषा प्रौष्ठपद्यांशकत्रयम् सौरेः सद्मापरमिदं कुम्भो जङ्घे च विश्रते

Transliteration

dhaniṣṭhārdhaṃ śatabhiṣā prauṣṭhapadyāṃśakatrayam saureḥ sadmāparamidaṃ kumbho jaṅghe ca viśrate

Translation

La moitié postérieure de Dhaniṣṭhā, Śatabhiṣā et les trois portions de Prauṣṭhapadā (Bhādrapadā) constituent cette demeure ultérieure de Saura ; et Kumbha (Verseau) est établi comme les deux jambes inférieures (les tibias).

Word by Word

• dhaniṣṭhā-ardham: half of Dhaniṣṭhā
• dhaniṣṭhā-ardham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhaniṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक) + ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śatabhiṣā: Śatabhiṣā
• śatabhiṣā: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatabhiṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prauṣṭhapadī-aṃśaka-trayam: three parts of Proṣṭhapadā
• prauṣṭhapadī-aṃśaka-trayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prauṣṭhapadī (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśaka (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘प्रौष्ठपद्याः अंशकानां त्रयम्’

• saureḥ: of Saurī (of the Sun / solar)
• saureḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘सूर्यस्य/सौरस्य’

• sadma: abode/seat
• sadma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• aparam: the other/further
• aparam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kumbhaḥ: Kumbha (Aquarius)
• kumbhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jaṅghe: the two shanks/legs
• jaṅghe: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṅghā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया/सम्बोधन, द्विवचन; here as dual ‘the two shanks’ (contextual)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• viśrate: rests/abides
• viśrate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √śri (श्रि धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speakers

• Not explicit in the provided excerpt

Primary Deities

• Saura (solar principle as referenced)
• Īśa/Parameṣṭhin implied by continuity of mapping

Key Themes

• Jyotiṣa
• Solar/lunar asterism divisions
• Cosmic body (lower limbs)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The lower limbs imagery emphasizes that even the ‘base’ or ‘supporting’ structures of the cosmos are divine—encouraging humility and steadiness, and treating worldly supports (time, seasons, order) as sacred gifts.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This functions within Sarga/cosmology as a mapping of cosmic order; it is not a vaṃśa narrative nor a manvantara account in itself, but a descriptive cosmography/astro-theology.

What is the symbolic significance?

Shanks/legs symbolize locomotion and bearing weight: Kumbha and the cited nakṣatra portions become emblematic of the divine ‘stride’ by which cosmic time proceeds—an implicit bridge to Purāṇic themes of the Lord’s measured steps (though not the Vāmana episode here).