Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 29
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
तावन्योन्यं महात्मानौ शरचापधरौ मुने रुधिरारुणसिक्ताङ्गौ किंशुकाविव रेजतुः
tāvanyonyaṃ mahātmānau śaracāpadharau mune rudhirāruṇasiktāṅgau kiṃśukāviva rejatuḥ
हे मुने, वे दोनों महात्मा धनुष-बाण धारण किए परस्पर आमने-सामने थे; रक्त से रँगे और भीगे अंगों सहित वे किंशुक वृक्षों की भाँति शोभित हो रहे थे।
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FAQs
Even in depictions of combat, the Purāṇic lens emphasizes stature (mahātman) and the moral frame behind action; the aestheticization of battle does not glorify cruelty so much as portray the intensity of dharma-conflict and its visible costs.
Carita/narrative description within a larger episode; it is not a pancalakṣaṇa core item but typical Purāṇic storytelling that supports dharma instruction through exempla.
The kiṃśuka (flame-of-the-forest) is emblematic of blazing redness; comparing blood-reddened bodies to kiṃśuka trees suggests a ‘forest of fire’ motif—conflict as a consuming blaze that arises when dharma and adharma collide.