Shloka 19
Sati's Death & Virabhadra — Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
गणैः परिवृतस्तस्मान्मन्दराद्धिमसाह्वयम् गतः कनखलं तस्माद् यत्र दक्षो ऽयजत् क्रतुम्
gaṇaiḥ parivṛtastasmānmandarāddhimasāhvayam gataḥ kanakhalaṃ tasmād yatra dakṣo 'yajat kratum
गणैः परिवृतः स वीरभद्रः मन्दरात् हिमसाह्वयात् कनखलं गतः; तस्मिन् देशे दक्षः क्रतुं यजत्।
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FAQs
Ritual power (kratu) is portrayed as vulnerable when founded on pride or exclusion. The narrative warns that dharma is not mere procedure; it requires humility and proper honoring of divine realities.
This is episodic divine history (carita) used to explain religious norms and the sanctity/limits of yajña. It is not cosmogenesis but a didactic myth within the purāṇic narrative stream.
The movement from mountain (Mandara/Himavat) to the sacrificial ground (Kanakhala) dramatizes the descent of raw divine potency into the sphere of human ritual—testing whether ritual is aligned with truth (satya) and reverence (bhakti).