Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 17
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
पुलस्त्य उवाच ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठो वरिष्ठो ऽपि आद्यो ऽपि भगवाञ्शिवः कपालीलि विदित्वेशो दक्षेण न निमन्त्रितः
pulastya uvāca jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭho variṣṭho 'pi ādyo 'pi bhagavāñśivaḥ kapālīli viditveśo dakṣeṇa na nimantritaḥ
ପୁଲସ୍ତ୍ୟ କହିଲେ—ଭଗବାନ ଶିବ ଜ୍ୟେଷ୍ଠ, ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ, ବରିଷ୍ଠ ଏବଂ ଆଦ୍ୟ ହେଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ, ‘କପାଳୀ’ ଭାବେ ପରିଚିତ ଈଶ ହୋଇଥିଲେ ସୁଦ୍ଧା, ଦକ୍ଷ ତାଙ୍କୁ ନିମନ୍ତ୍ରଣ କଲେ ନାହିଁ।
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FAQs
Ritual authority without humility leads to adharma: Dakṣa’s omission of Śiva shows that external yajña-splendor is incomplete when it excludes the inner principle of īśvara-bhāva (recognition of the Lord).
Carita/Vamśānucarita: a didactic episode about divine-human (or divine-divine) relations and dharma, embedded in the Purāṇic narrative stream.
The epithet Kapālī juxtaposed with ‘primordial lord’ suggests that the supreme may appear socially marginal (ascetic, cemetery-associated) yet remains the indispensable ground of sacred order.