Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 30
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
ततो विनिर्जितः शंभुर्मानिना पद्मयोनिना तस्थावधोमुखो दीनो ग्रहाक्रान्तो यथा शशी
tato vinirjitaḥ śaṃbhurmāninā padmayoninā tasthāvadhomukho dīno grahākrānto yathā śaśī
បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះសಂಭុ (Śiva) ត្រូវបានឈ្នះដោយព្រះបដ្មយោនី (Brahmā) អ្នកមានមោទនភាព។ ព្រះអង្គឈរមុខទម្លាក់ចុះ សោកស្តាយ—ដូចព្រះចន្ទពេលត្រូវគ្រាហា (graha) គ្របសង្កត់ក្នុងគ្រាសូរ្យគ្រាស។
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FAQs
Even divine figures are depicted within moral pedagogy: pride (māna) leads to antagonism and humiliation. The lesson is restraint, humility, and avoidance of competitive disparagement—especially in spiritual matters.
This is not vamśa/lineage material; it functions as an origin-episode within Sarga/Pratisarga-style mythic explanation, using a conflict narrative to account for subsequent developments (e.g., the birth of a discordant principle).
Śiva likened to the eclipsed moon suggests obscuration of innate luminosity by a ‘graha’—symbolically, ego and rivalry eclipse divine clarity. In a non-sectarian Purāṇic reading, the point is not Śiva’s inferiority but the peril of rivalry between complementary cosmic principles.