Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 96
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
आलोकितस्त्रिनेत्रेण मदनो द्युतिमानपि प्रादह्यत तदा ब्रह्मन् पादादारभ्य कक्षवत्
ālokitastrinetreṇa madano dyutimānapi prādahyata tadā brahman pādādārabhya kakṣavat
Quando Madana (Kāma), embora radiante, foi fitado pelo Três-Olhos (Śiva), então, ó Brahman, foi queimado a partir dos pés, como se fosse lenha seca.
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FAQs
Desire (kāma), even when attractive and radiant, is powerless before concentrated ascetic insight; the verse underscores mastery of senses and the primacy of tapas over impulse.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Carita-type narrative material (accounts of divine deeds) rather than cosmogenesis; it is an episode illustrating a deity’s act and its consequences.
Śiva’s gaze represents discriminative, consuming knowledge (jñāna-agni) that burns desire at its root—‘from the feet upward’—signifying total eradication rather than partial restraint.