Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 50
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
तं शकरो ऽभ्येत्य वचो वभाषे नरं हि नारायणबाहुजातम् निपातयैनं नर दुष्टवाक्यं ब्रह्मात्मजं सूर्यशतप्रकाशम्
taṃ śakaro 'bhyetya vaco vabhāṣe naraṃ hi nārāyaṇabāhujātam nipātayainaṃ nara duṣṭavākyaṃ brahmātmajaṃ sūryaśataprakāśam
ਉਸ ਦੇ ਕੋਲ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਸ਼ੰਕਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—“ਇਹ ਨਰ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਦੀ ਬਾਂਹ ਤੋਂ ਜਨਮਿਆ ਹੈ। ਹੇ ਨਰ, ਇਸ ਦੁਸ਼ਟ-ਬੋਲੀ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਡਾਹ ਦੇ; ਤੂੰ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਹੈਂ, ਸੌ ਸੂਰਜਾਂ ਵਾਂਗ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਮਾਨ।”
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FAQs
Speech that incites violence and prideful harm (duṣṭa-vāk) is treated as a moral fault warranting restraint. Dharma is upheld not merely by personal prowess but by alignment with divine order and right counsel.
Vamśānucarita / narrative episode: a divine-heroic incident illustrating the actions of exalted beings, not a cosmological section.
Shiva’s instruction to Nara—who is simultaneously linked to Nārāyaṇa and called Brahmā’s son—symbolizes Purāṇic integration: divine powers are complementary, and righteous force is legitimized through cross-deity affirmation rather than sectarian rivalry.