Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
मृगार्द्धमार्द्रादित्यांशास्त्रयः सौम्यगृहं त्विदम् मिथुनं भुजयोस्तदस्य गगनस्थस्य शूलिनः
mṛgārddhamārdrādityāṃśāstrayaḥ saumyagṛhaṃ tvidam mithunaṃ bhujayostadasya gaganasthasya śūlinaḥ
मृगशीर्षस्यार्धोत्तरं च आर्द्रा च आदित्यांशास्त्रयश्च—एतत् सौम्यगृहं (चन्द्रस्य सद्म) इति। तस्य गगनस्थस्य शूलिनो भुजयोः मिथुनराशिः विन्यस्तः।
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Time-divisions are not merely astronomical; they are sanctified as aspects of the deity. This encourages aligning human action (ritual, vrata, worship) with sacred time, cultivating harmony between microcosm and macrocosm.
Cosmological structuring and divine taxonomy: best placed under Sarga/Pratisarga-style material (world-order and its divine administration).
Placing Mithuna on Śiva’s arms suggests ‘agency’ and ‘action’ (arms) governed by duality/pairedness (Gemini), implying that even polarity and relational life are held within the divine body.