Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 47
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
द्वितीया न्यपतद् भूमौ तां जग्राह तपोधनः अत्रिस्तस्मात् समुद्भूतो दुर्वासाः शङ्करांशतः
dvitīyā nyapatad bhūmau tāṃ jagrāha tapodhanaḥ atristasmāt samudbhūto durvāsāḥ śaṅkarāṃśataḥ
दुसरी धारा भूमीवर पडली; ती तपोधन ऋषींनी ग्रहण केली. त्यातून अत्री उत्पन्न झाले आणि शंकराच्या अंशातून दुर्वासा प्रकट झाले।
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FAQs
Tapas is presented as a ‘receptacle’ for divine forces: the ascetic’s grasping of the stream frames austerity as a means by which sacred power becomes embodied in sages who then shape dharma through blessings and curses.
This aligns with sarga/creation-style etiologies and also touches vamśānucarita in a broad sense by explaining the emergence of prominent ṛṣis, though it is not a genealogy in strict sequence.
Durvāsā being ‘Śaṅkara-aṃśa’ marks the sage as a carrier of Rudra’s fierce, uncompromising energy—explaining his famed temperament as an expression of divine principle rather than mere personality.