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
ଆଦିତ୍ୟ-ଅଂଶ, ପୁଷ୍ୟ ଓ ଆଶ୍ଲେଷା—ଏହି ସବୁ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରଙ୍କ ଗୃହ। କର୍କଟକ ନାମକ ରାଶି ଯଜ୍ଞ-ବିନାଶକ (ଦକ୍ଷ-ଯଜ୍ଞ-ଧ୍ୱଂସକ) ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ପାର୍ଶ୍ୱରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ। ଭଗ-ଦେବତାଯୁକ୍ତ ପିତୃ-ନକ୍ଷତ୍ର ଓ ଉତ୍ତରାଂଶମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ (ନିୟୋଜିତ); ହେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ, ସେହି ବିଭୁଙ୍କ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟକ୍ଷେତ୍ର ହୃଦୟ ଭାବେ ଗୀତ।
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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.