Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 49
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
स तद् वसिष्ठवचनं निशम्य दनुपुङ्गवः जगाम धर्मराजानं विजेतुं दण्डपाणिनम्
sa tad vasiṣṭhavacanaṃ niśamya danupuṅgavaḥ jagāma dharmarājānaṃ vijetuṃ daṇḍapāṇinam
ពេលស្តាប់ពាក្យរបស់វសិષ્ៈនោះ មេដានវៈដ៏ឧត្តមបានទៅដើម្បីឈ្នះធម្មរាជ—យមៈ អ្នកកាន់ដណ្ឌៈ នៃទណ្ឌកម្ម។
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FAQs
Dharmarāja emphasizes Yama’s role as the sovereign administrator of moral law, while daṇḍapāṇi (‘staff in hand’) highlights punitive authority—he is not merely a deity of death but the enforcer of dharma through judgment and consequence.
It signals extreme Asuric ambition: attempting to subdue the very principle of retributive justice. Such episodes typically foreshadow divine intervention and the reassertion of cosmic balance.