Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 21
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
जया क्रोधाद् गदां गृह्य पूर्वदक्षिणतः स्थिता मध्ये त्रिरशूलधृक् शर्वस्तस्थौ क्रोधान्महामुने
jayā krodhād gadāṃ gṛhya pūrvadakṣiṇataḥ sthitā madhye triraśūladhṛk śarvastasthau krodhānmahāmune
ジャヤーは憤りから棍棒（ガダー）を取り、南東の側に立った。中央には三叉戟を執るシャルヴァ（Śarva）が、怒りに燃えて立っていた、ああ大牟尼よ。
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FAQs
Even protective or righteous forces can be stirred by anger; the text signals a crisis-moment where guardianship (rakṣaṇa) risks being colored by krodha, a recurring Purāṇic warning that emotion must be governed by dharma.
Vamśānucarita / narrative episode (ākhyāna) within a tīrtha-māhātmya frame; it is not sarga/pratisarga but part of character-action narration used to teach dharma through events.
Śarva with the trident in the center evokes the stabilizing axis of divine order amid conflict; the southeast positioning of Jayā can function as a directional ‘guard-post’ motif—cosmic space is organized for protection, yet disturbed by wrath.