Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
उत्तरांशास्त्रयः पाणिश्चित्रार्धं कन्यका त्वियम् सोमपुत्रस्य सद्मैतद् द्वितीयं जठरं विभोः
uttarāṃśāstrayaḥ pāṇiścitrārdhaṃ kanyakā tviyam somaputrasya sadmaitad dvitīyaṃ jaṭharaṃ vibhoḥ
മൂന്ന് ഉത്തരാംശങ്ങൾ ‘ഹസ്തം’ (കൈ) ആകുന്നു; ചിത്രയുടെ പകുതി—ഇതാണ് കന്ന്യാരാശി. ഇത് സോമപുത്രനായ (ബുധന്റെ) നിവാസം; വിഭുവിന്റെ രണ്ടാം ജഠരപ്രദേശമെന്നും പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.
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The verse encodes a Purāṇic vision of correspondence: cosmic order (graha, rāśi, nakṣatra) is mirrored in the body of the ‘Vibhu’ (cosmic person). Ethically, it encourages reverence for order (ṛta/dharma) by seeing one’s embodied life as participating in a larger, intelligible cosmos.
It aligns most closely with Sarga/secondary cosmological description (a cosmographic-astral mapping), rather than genealogy (vaṃśa) or dynastic narration (vaṃśānucarita).
Virgo (Kanyā) and Mercury (Budha) are linked here as an ‘abode’ (sadman), while bodily loci (hand, belly) sacralize human anatomy as a map of cosmic forces—supporting ritual/meditative ‘nyāsa’ style interpretation.