Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 55
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
इत्येवमुक्तो वचनं त्रिनेत्रश्चिक्षेप सूर्ये पुरुषं विरिञ्चेः नरं नरस्यैव तदा स विग्रहे चिक्षेप धर्मप्रभवस्य देवः
ityevamukto vacanaṃ trinetraścikṣepa sūrye puruṣaṃ viriñceḥ naraṃ narasyaiva tadā sa vigrahe cikṣepa dharmaprabhavasya devaḥ
ऐसा कहे जाने पर त्रिनेत्र रुद्र ने उत्तर देकर विरिञ्चि (ब्रह्मा) के पुरुष (देहधारी क्लेश) को सूर्य में फेंक दिया। फिर उसी देह-रूप में उस देव ने धर्म से उत्पन्न नर के भीतर एक नर को प्रविष्ट/प्रक्षिप्त किया।
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FAQs
The verse reflects the Purāṇic ethic that actions generate tangible consequences, sometimes depicted as embodied afflictions. Even divine agents are shown managing impurity through regulated cosmic channels, emphasizing that Dharma is upheld by orderly processes of consequence and remediation.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative (accounts of divine deeds and their consequences), with a strong Dharmic-ethical thread rather than sarga/pratisarga cosmology.
Casting the affliction into Sūrya suggests purification/transmutation through solar brilliance (a common symbolic purifier). The repeated ‘casting’ into ‘man/from Dharma’ frames sin and expiation as operating within the moral-cosmic network governed by Dharma, not as arbitrary divine whim.