Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 45
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
तमुपोत्याव्रवीद् दैत्यो युद्धं मे दीयतामिति नो चेन्निवर्ततां यज्ञो नेष्टव्या देवतास्त्वया
tamupotyāvravīd daityo yuddhaṃ me dīyatāmiti no cennivartatāṃ yajño neṣṭavyā devatāstvayā
അവനെ സമീപിച്ച് ദൈത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു— “എനിക്ക് യുദ്ധം തരിക; അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഈ യജ്ഞം നിർത്തപ്പെടട്ടെ, നീ ദേവാരാധന പൂർത്തിയാക്കരുത്।”
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FAQs
In Purāṇic narrative logic, yajña sustains Devas and cosmic order (ṛta/dharma). Obstructing it is a strategic act: by halting offerings, the Daitya weakens Deva power and asserts dominance over the ritual economy.
It is both a literal threat (preventing the rite’s completion) and a symbolic claim that the Daitya will replace Deva-centered order with asuric supremacy—an inversion of dharmic hierarchy.
Not here. This is a narrative-dharma moment within a larger text that often foregrounds geography; the verse itself is event-focused and contains no place-names.