Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 1
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
इति श्रीवामपुराणे तृतीयो ऽध्ययः पुलस्त्य उवाच एवं कपाली संजातो देवर्षे भगवान्हरः अनेन कारणेनासौ दक्षेण न निमन्त्रितः
iti śrīvāmapurāṇe tṛtīyo 'dhyayaḥ pulastya uvāca evaṃ kapālī saṃjāto devarṣe bhagavānharaḥ anena kāraṇenāsau dakṣeṇa na nimantritaḥ
ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀବାମନପୁରାଣର ତୃତୀୟ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ। ପୁଲସ୍ତ୍ୟ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଦେବର୍ଷି, ଏଭଳିଭାବେ ଭଗବାନ୍ ହର ‘କପାଳୀ’ ହେଲେ; ଏହି କାରଣରୁ ଦକ୍ଷ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଯଜ୍ଞରେ ନିମନ୍ତ୍ରଣ କଲେ ନାହିଁ।
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FAQs
Ritual status without inner reverence becomes exclusionary: Dakṣa’s failure to honor Śiva illustrates how pride in sacrificial authority can eclipse dharma and lead to rupture.
Vamśānucarita/Carita: a theologically charged episode within the mythic-history stream explaining later conflict (Dakṣa-yajña) through a prior condition (Śiva as Kapālī).
Kapālī signifies Śiva’s liminal, transgressive holiness—beyond social ritual norms—while Dakṣa stands for rigid orthopraxy; the non-invitation dramatizes the clash between inward realization and outward ritualism.