Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 49
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
स्त्रीपुंसयोः समं रूपं शय्यासनपरिग्रहः वीणावाद्यधृङ् मिथुनं गीतनर्तकशिल्पिषु
strīpuṃsayoḥ samaṃ rūpaṃ śayyāsanaparigrahaḥ vīṇāvādyadhṛṅ mithunaṃ gītanartakaśilpiṣu
मिथुन राशीत स्त्री व पुरुष यांचे रूप समान मानले आहे; ते शय्या व आसन इत्यादी गृहसामग्रीचे धारक असतात. मिथुन हे वीणा इत्यादी वाद्य धारण करून गायक, नर्तक व शिल्पकारांमध्ये दर्शविले जाते.
{ "primaryRasa": "shringara", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }
FAQs
The verse presents complementarity rather than hierarchy: male and female are portrayed as ‘equal in form’ within the Mithuna symbolism, and the household (bed/seat) and arts (music, dance, craft) are treated as culturally elevating, not merely worldly.
This is cosmological/astral characterization (sarga-type descriptive material). It does not narrate dynasties or manvantaras but supplies a world-order taxonomy through rāśi attributes.
Mithuna signifies duality-in-unity: paired forces (woman/man), domestic stability (furnishings), and refined expression (vīṇā, song, dance). In Purāṇic symbolism, such pairing can also hint at harmony of opposites and the generative principle underlying society.