Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 27
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
ततो वृषध्वजं दृष्ट्वा कन्दर्पः कुसुमायुधः अपत्नीकं तदास्त्रेण उन्मादेनाभ्यताडयत्
tato vṛṣadhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā kandarpaḥ kusumāyudhaḥ apatnīkaṃ tadāstreṇa unmādenābhyatāḍayat
そのとき、牛旗の主（シヴァ）を見て、花を武器とするカンダルパ（カーマ）は、配偶なきその御方を、自らの武器—迷妄と狂乱の矢—によって打った。
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FAQs
Desire can ‘strike’ even the great, but its force is ultimately a test of steadiness; the episode frames kāma as a disruptive power that must be governed by discernment and tapas (inner discipline).
Vamśānucarita / didactic narrative: it is an exemplary myth illustrating the workings of kāma and the ascetic ideal, embedded in the Purāṇic story-cycle.
Kāma’s flower-weapon represents pleasurable but binding impressions; the ‘unmāda’ motif signals how desire can manifest as भ्रम (confusion) and agitation, especially in a mind destabilized by grief.