Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 60
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
लक्षणा गदितास्तुभ्यं मेषादीनां महामुने न कस्यचित् त्वयाख्येयं गुह्यमेतत्पुरातनम्
lakṣaṇā gaditāstubhyaṃ meṣādīnāṃ mahāmune na kasyacit tvayākhyeyaṃ guhyametatpurātanam
हे महामुने, मेषादी राशींची लक्षणे तुला सांगितली आहेत. हे पुरातन गुप्त रहस्य तू कोणालाही उघड करू नये.
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FAQs
Knowledge—especially technical or sacred knowledge—is to be transmitted with discernment. The verse teaches restraint (saṃyama) in speech and the ethics of instruction: not every teaching is fit for every audience.
This is not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa unit (sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita). It functions as ancillary didactic material often embedded within Purāṇic narration—supporting dharma and traditional sciences (upāṅga-like content) rather than cosmic genealogy.
“Meṣa and the rest” signals ordered time/karma (astral or calendrical order). Declaring it ‘guhya’ symbolizes that time-knowledge can be spiritually potent and socially consequential, hence guarded to prevent misuse.