Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 42

Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac

Devanagari script

प्रोष्ठपद्यांशमेकं तु उत्तरा रेवती तथा द्वितीयं जीवसदनं मीनस्तु चरणावुभौ

Transliteration

proṣṭhapadyāṃśamekaṃ tu uttarā revatī tathā dvitīyaṃ jīvasadanaṃ mīnastu caraṇāvubhau

Translation

Satu bahagian (pāda) adalah milik Proṣṭhapadā; demikian juga satu bahagian bagi Uttarā dan Revatī. Bahagian kedua ialah kediaman Bṛhaspati (Jupiter); dan Mīna (Pisces) merangkumi kedua-dua pāda.

Word by Word

• proṣṭhapadī-aṃśam: a portion of Proṣṭhapadā
• proṣṭhapadī-aṃśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: proṣṭhapadī (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-प्रायः, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘प्रोष्ठपद्याः अंशम्’

• ekam: one
• ekam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ

• uttarā: Uttarā (asterism)
• uttarā: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नक्षत्रनाम (Uttarā/uttaraphalgunī etc., context-dependent)

• revatī: Revatī (asterism)
• revatī: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नक्षत्रनाम

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/conjunction)

• dvitīyam: the second
• dvitīyam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण

• jīva-sadanam: the abode of living beings
• jīva-sadanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक) + sadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘जीवस्य सदनम्’

• mīnaḥ: Mīna (Pisces/fish)
• mīnaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• caraṇau: the two feet
• caraṇau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), द्विवचन

• ubhau: both
• ubhau: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन; सर्व-विशेषण ‘both’

Speakers

• Narrator voice within the Pulastya–Nārada dialogue frame (explicit speaker not stated in this verse)

Primary Deities

• Bṛhaspati (Jīva) (as graha/deva of Jupiter)

Key Themes

• Jyotiṣa
• Cosmology
• Nakṣatra–Rāśi mapping

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse reflects the Purāṇic tendency to sacralize cosmic order: time (kāla), planets, and stellar divisions are presented as structured and meaningful, encouraging alignment of human ritual life with a perceived celestial dharma.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily within Sarga-type material (cosmological description), specifically the organization of heavens/timekeeping rather than genealogies or dynastic narratives.

What is the symbolic significance?

Associating ‘Jīva’ (Jupiter) with a ‘sadana’ (abode) and linking rāśi/nakṣatra quarters symbolically places benefic intelligence (guru-tattva) as an ordering principle in the sky—mirroring the ideal of guidance and auspiciousness in dharma.