Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 44
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
नारद उवाच राशयो गदिता ब्रह्मंस्त्वया द्वादश वै मम तेषां विशेषतो ब्रूहि लक्षणानि स्वरूपतः
nārada uvāca rāśayo gaditā brahmaṃstvayā dvādaśa vai mama teṣāṃ viśeṣato brūhi lakṣaṇāni svarūpataḥ
Narada berkata: “Wahai Brahmana yang mulia, engkau telah menyampaikan kepadaku dua belas rāśi; kini jelaskanlah secara khusus tanda-tanda pembeda mereka menurut wujud sejatinya.”
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FAQs
The verse models śāstric learning: respectful questioning and a move from enumeration to understanding ‘lakṣaṇa’ (defining marks), i.e., from mere data to discriminative knowledge.
It functions as a suturing dialogue prompt within Sarga/cosmology exposition, advancing the instructional sequence about the cosmos and time-reckoning.
Nārada, the archetypal inquirer and transmitter, bridges revelation and systematization—turning cosmological lists (twelve signs) into meaningful categories with ‘svarūpa’ (essential nature).