Shloka 18

Sati's Death & Virabhadra — Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas

Devanagari script

ततः क्रोधात् त्रिनेत्रस्य गात्ररोमोद्भाव मुने गणाः सिंहमुखा जाता वीरभद्रपुरोगमाः

Transliteration

tataḥ krodhāt trinetrasya gātraromodbhāva mune gaṇāḥ siṃhamukhā jātā vīrabhadrapurogamāḥ

Translation

Alors, sous l’effet de la colère du Trinètre (Śiva), ô sage, des gaṇas surgirent des poils de son corps ; ils naquirent à face de lion, avec Vīrabhadra à leur tête.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• krodhāt: from anger
• krodhāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• trinetrasya: of the three-eyed one (Śiva)
• trinetrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• gātra-roma-udbhāvaḥ: the arising of body-hair (bristling)
• gātra-roma-udbhāvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gātra + roma + udbhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• gaṇāḥ: the attendants/hosts
• gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• siṃha-mukhāḥ: lion-faced
• siṃha-mukhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siṃha + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) of gaṇāḥ

• jātāḥ: were born/arose
• jātāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः, ‘have arisen/been born’

• vīrabhadra-purogamāḥ: having Vīrabhadra in front/led by Vīrabhadra
• vīrabhadra-purogamāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīrabhadra + purogama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) of gaṇāḥ

Speakers

• Likely Pulastya → Nārada (typical Vāmana Purāṇa dialogue frame; not explicit in input)

Primary Deities

• Shiva (Trinetra/Rudra)
• Virabhadra

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Ritual conflict (Daksha-yajña)
• Divine wrath and its consequences
• Mythic etiology of gaṇas

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The episode frames sacrificial religiosity (yajña) as incomplete or even destructive when severed from reverence and right relationship—especially toward Śiva and Śakti. Anger here is not ordinary passion but a cosmic corrective force responding to adharma and insult.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

This is best placed under Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative material (mythic histories of divine actors) rather than sarga/pratisarga. It is an episode explaining the dynamics of gods, rites, and cosmic order.

What is the symbolic significance?

Gaṇas arising from Śiva’s body-hair symbolizes the immediacy of divine agency: the cosmos’ protective forces emerge directly from the deity’s own being. The lion-faced imagery conveys untamable power marshaled to confront ritual arrogance.