Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 42
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
प्रोष्ठपद्यांशमेकं तु उत्तरा रेवती तथा द्वितीयं जीवसदनं मीनस्तु चरणावुभौ
proṣṭhapadyāṃśamekaṃ tu uttarā revatī tathā dvitīyaṃ jīvasadanaṃ mīnastu caraṇāvubhau
一つの分（pāda）はプローシュṭhapadāに属し、同様にウッタラーとレーヴァティーにも一分が属する。第二の区分はブリハスパティ（木星）の住処であり、ミーナ（魚宮）は両pādaから成る。
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FAQs
The verse reflects the Purāṇic tendency to sacralize cosmic order: time (kāla), planets, and stellar divisions are presented as structured and meaningful, encouraging alignment of human ritual life with a perceived celestial dharma.
Primarily within Sarga-type material (cosmological description), specifically the organization of heavens/timekeeping rather than genealogies or dynastic narratives.
Associating ‘Jīva’ (Jupiter) with a ‘sadana’ (abode) and linking rāśi/nakṣatra quarters symbolically places benefic intelligence (guru-tattva) as an ordering principle in the sky—mirroring the ideal of guidance and auspiciousness in dharma.