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
มุระกล่าวว่า 'ดูกร พระยม ท่านจงละเว้นจากการลงทัณฑ์เหล่าสรรพสัตว์เถิด มิฉะนั้น วันนี้ข้าจะตัดศีรษะของท่านแล้วโยนลงสู่พื้นธรณี'
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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.