Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 53
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
जितस्त्वदीयः पुरुषः पितामह नरेण दिव्यद्भुतकर्मणा बली महापृषत्कैरभिपत्य ताडितस्तदद्भुतं चेह दिशो दशैव
jitastvadīyaḥ puruṣaḥ pitāmaha nareṇa divyadbhutakarmaṇā balī mahāpṛṣatkairabhipatya tāḍitastadadbhutaṃ ceha diśo daśaiva
おおピターマハ（梵天）よ、汝のプルシャは一人の人間に征服された――力強く、その業は神妙にして驚異である。彼に突進したところ、大いなる矢に打たれた。そしてこの不思議はまことに十方を驚かせた。
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FAQs
Power is not merely ontological rank (god vs. man) but alignment with a higher will and extraordinary dharma/tejas; the narrative invites humility even for cosmic authorities.
Vamśānucarita / episodic history: it narrates an event involving Brahmā’s associated ‘puruṣa’ and a remarkable ‘nara,’ functioning as a character-episode rather than cosmogenesis.
The ‘ten directions astonished’ is a stock Purāṇic marker for a world-order disturbance: when the expected hierarchy is inverted, it signals the presence of a transcendent agency working through the seemingly lesser.