Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 19
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा कथामेतां पुरातनीम् प्रोक्तमादिपुराणे च ब्रह्मणाव्यक्तमूर्त्तिना
śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā kathāmetāṃ purātanīm proktamādipurāṇe ca brahmaṇāvyaktamūrttinā
Ouve atentamente esta narrativa antiga, que também foi proferida no Purāṇa primordial por Brahmā, cuja forma era não manifesta.
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds śravaṇa (attentive listening) as the proper method for receiving Purāṇic knowledge, and it asserts the antiquity/authority of the account by tracing it to Brahmā—suggesting that cosmological truths are best approached through disciplined reception rather than casual curiosity.
This functions as a gateway into Sarga/Pratisarga material: it introduces a primordial account (purātanī kathā) typically used to set up descriptions of dissolution and subsequent re-creation.
Brahmā described as 'avyakta-mūrti' points to the liminal condition around dissolution/creation where manifest forms recede; knowledge is presented as continuous even when forms are not—linking cosmology with epistemic continuity.