Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 35
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
आदित्यांशश्च पुष्यं च आश्लेषा शशिनो गृहम् राशिः कर्कटको नाम पार्श्वे मखविनाशिनः/थ 5.34 पित्र्यर्क्षं भगदैवत्यमुत्तरांश् च केसरी सूर्यक्षेत्रं विभोर्ब्रह्मन् हृदयं परिगीयते
ādityāṃśaśca puṣyaṃ ca āśleṣā śaśino gṛham rāśiḥ karkaṭako nāma pārśve makhavināśinaḥ/tha 5.34 pitryarkṣaṃ bhagadaivatyamuttarāṃś ca kesarī sūryakṣetraṃ vibhorbrahman hṛdayaṃ parigīyate
आदित्य-अंश, पुष्य आणि आश्लेषा—हे चंद्राचे गृह आहे. कर्कटक नावाची राशी यज्ञ-विनाशक (दक्षयज्ञ-ध्वंसक) प्रभूच्या पार्श्वभागी स्थित आहे. भग-दैवत असलेले पितृ-नक्षत्र व उत्तरांशही (नियोजित); हे ब्राह्मण, त्या विभूचे सूर्य-क्षेत्र हृदय म्हणून गाइले जाते.
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FAQs
The passage fuses myth (Śiva as the corrector of ritual arrogance in Dakṣa’s sacrifice) with cosmology (Sun/Moon regions and nakṣatras). The implied lesson is that ritual power must be grounded in humility and right order; cosmic order mirrors moral order.
Primarily Sarga/Pratisarga (cosmic structuring). The epithet ‘makhavināśin’ gestures to an Itihāsa-like mythic episode, but here it functions as identification within a cosmological catalogue.
Calling the ‘Sun’s field’ the Lord’s heart makes Sūrya the inner luminous principle of the deity’s cosmic body—linking external time/illumination with inner consciousness. The flank assignment to Karkaṭa (a watery sign) can suggest protective containment and nurturing, placed on the ‘side’ of the Lord who disciplines misdirected sacrifice.