Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 10

Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac

Devanagari script

ततः पूषा हरं वीक्ष्य विनिघ्नन्तं सुरासुरान् क्रोधाद् बाहू प्रसार्यथ प्रदुद्राव महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

tataḥ pūṣā haraṃ vīkṣya vinighnantaṃ surāsurān krodhād bāhū prasāryatha pradudrāva maheśvaram

Translation

Тогда Пушан, увидев, как Хара поражает и богов и асуров, в гневе раскинул руки и бросился на Махешвару.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• pūṣā: Pūṣā (a deity)
• pūṣā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūṣan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom/1st), एकवचन (sg)

• haram: Hara (Śiva)
• haram: Karma (कर्म) (object of seeing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन (sg)

• vīkṣya: having seen
• vīkṣya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having seen’

• vinighnantam: striking down, killing
• vinighnantam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of ‘haram’
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + ni + han (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन (sg); ‘striking down’

• sura-asurān: gods and demons
• sura-asurān: Karma (कर्म) (object of ‘vinighnantam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), बहुवचन (pl); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः—‘सुराश्च असुराश्च’

• krodhāt: from anger, out of wrath
• krodhāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (sg)

• bāhū: (his) two arms
• bāhū: Karma (कर्म) (object of ‘prasārya’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), द्विवचन (du)

• prasārya: having extended
• prasārya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + sṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having stretched out/extended’

• atha: then
• atha: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), अनुक्रम/आरम्भार्थक (sequencing particle)

• pradudrāva: ran forth, rushed
• pradudrāva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + dru (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg), परस्मैपद

• maheśvaram: the Great Lord (Śiva)
• maheśvaram: Karma (कर्म) (object of ‘pradudrāva’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन (sg); कर्मधारयः—‘महान् ईश्वरः’

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Purāṇic frame (commonly Pulastya → Nārada
• not explicit in input)

Primary Deities

• Shiva (Hara/Maheśvara)
• Pūṣan

Key Themes

• Shaivism
• Daitya-Deva Conflict
• Divine wrath and restraint
• Purāṇic theomachy

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "vira", "secondaryRasa": "raudra", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even devas, when overtaken by krodha (anger), can act rashly; the verse warns that indignation without discernment leads to confrontation with higher dharma/power, here embodied by Maheśvara.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Primarily under Vaṃśānucarita/Carita-style narrative material (accounts of divine deeds and conflicts), rather than cosmogenesis (sarga/pratisarga).

What is the symbolic significance?

Śiva’s striking of both sura and asura can symbolize transcendence of partisan alignment: the divine operates to restore order, not to validate factional pride—even among the gods.