Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 26
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
अग्नौ प्रणष्टे यज्ञो ऽपि भूत्वा दिव्यवपुर्मृगः दुद्राव विक्लवगतिर्दक्षिणासहितो ऽम्बरे
agnau praṇaṣṭe yajño 'pi bhūtvā divyavapurmṛgaḥ dudrāva viklavagatirdakṣiṇāsahito 'mbare
Quando o fogo sacrificial foi destruído, o próprio Yajña (o sacrifício), assumindo a forma de um veado de corpo divino, fugiu em pânico pelo céu, acompanhado da dakṣiṇā (as dádivas rituais).
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FAQs
Ritual (yajña) is not merely external performance; when its sustaining principle (agni, order, discipline) collapses, the rite becomes unstable and ‘flees’—a warning that dharma requires integrity, not only procedure.
This is best classified under Vamśānucarita/Carita-type narration (itihāsa-like episode within the Purāṇic story stream), not sarga/pratisarga; it is an illustrative myth supporting dharma and deity-mahātmyas.
Yajña as a deer echoes the motif of the sacrifice becoming a quarry when cosmic balance is disturbed; the ‘dakṣiṇā’ following it suggests that merit and ritual rewards also become unmoored when the rite is violated.