Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 54
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
मुरुरुवाच यम प्रजासंयमानन्निवृत्तिं कर्त्तुमर्हसि नो चेत् तवाद्य छित्त्वाहं मूर्धानं पातये भुवि
mururuvāca yama prajāsaṃyamānannivṛttiṃ karttumarhasi no cet tavādya chittvāhaṃ mūrdhānaṃ pātaye bhuvi
మురుడు పలికెను: 'ఓ యమా, నీవు ప్రజలను శిక్షించుట మానివేయవలెను. లేనిచో, నేడు నీ శిరస్సును ఖండించి భూమిపై పడవేసెదను.'
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FAQs
It denotes Yama’s broader jurisdiction: restraining beings through the law of karma, punishment, and moral governance, not only the act of death. Muru’s demand is effectively a demand to suspend cosmic justice.
In Purāṇic narrative logic, attacking Yama symbolizes rebellion against dharma itself. Yama is the visible enforcer of moral order; challenging him dramatizes adharma’s attempt to unseat the cosmic administration.
The immediate scene centers on Yama, but the chapter’s theological resolution (see 34.57) grounds Yama’s authority in Viṣṇu, a common Purāṇic move to show a supreme regulator behind subordinate deities.