Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 5

Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac

Devanagari script

चन्द्रः सममृक्षगणैर्निशां समुपदर्शयन् उत्पत्यरुह्य गगनं स्वमधिष्ठानमास्थितः

Transliteration

candraḥ samamṛkṣagaṇairniśāṃ samupadarśayan utpatyaruhya gaganaṃ svamadhiṣṭhānamāsthitaḥ

Translation

พระจันทร์พร้อมหมู่นักษัตรได้เผยให้เห็นราตรี; ครั้นผุดขึ้นแล้วก็ขึ้นสู่ท้องฟ้า และประทับ ณ สถานีของตน

Word by Word

• चन्द्रः: the Moon
• चन्द्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समम्: together / equally
• समम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ऋक्ष-गणैः: with the groups of stars/constellations
• ऋक्ष-गणैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋक्षाणां गणाः)

• निशाम्: the night
• निशाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुपदर्शयन्: showing / making manifest
• समुपदर्शयन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: उपसर्ग: सम्+उप+; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उत्पत्य: having risen / having flown up
• उत्पत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: उपसर्ग: उत्+; क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• आरुह्य: having ascended
• आरुह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु)
• Form: उपसर्ग: आ+; क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• गगनम्: the sky
• गगनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्व-अधिष्ठानम्: his own abode/seat
• स्व-अधिष्ठानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिष्ठान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य अधिष्ठानम्)

• आस्थितः: took up / occupied
• आस्थितः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: उपसर्ग: आ+; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle in sense ‘having taken/assumed’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrative voice not explicit in excerpt

Primary Deities

• Candra

Key Themes

• Cosmic order
• Astral imagery
• Timekeeping (night, stars/nakṣatras)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Cosmic regularity is presented as meaningful: celestial bodies ‘take their stations,’ reflecting dharma as ordered placement and dependable rhythm—an implicit model for human duty and steadiness.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana?

Aligns most with Sarga/Pratisarga (description of cosmic functions and time markers), often used in Purāṇas to frame ritual timing and narrative transitions.

What is the symbolic significance?

Candra with the nakṣatra-host signifies guidance through darkness: the Moon becomes a metaphor for reflective illumination (cool, steady light) and for calendrical/ritual regulation tied to lunar phases.