वीरभद्रो महाबाहू रुद्रेणैव प्रचोदितः । काली कात्यायनीशाना चामुंडा मुंडमर्द्दिनी
vīrabhadro mahābāhū rudreṇaiva pracoditaḥ | kālī kātyāyanīśānā cāmuṃḍā muṃḍamarddinī
மகாபாகுவான வீரபத்ரன் ருத்ரனின் தூண்டுதலால் வெளிப்பட்டான்; அவனுடன் காளி, காத்யாயனி, ஈசானா மற்றும் முண்டமர்தினி சாமுண்டாவும் வந்தனர்।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta to sages)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)
Scene: Rudra’s command precipitates the sudden manifestation of Vīrabhadra and fierce yet auspicious Devī-forms—Kālī, Kātyāyanī, Īśānā, Cāmuṇḍā—poised to intervene in a sacrificial crisis.
When dharma is violated, Rudra’s corrective power manifests through divine forces that restore cosmic order.
The verse is within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative frame connected to Kedāra, though it describes divine manifestations rather than local topography.
None; it is a narrative listing of deities/forces mobilized by Rudra.
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