Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 15
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
सा शङ्करवचः श्रुत्वा जया वचनमब्रवीत् श्रत्वा मखस्था दक्षस्य भगिन्यः पतिभिः सह
sā śaṅkaravacaḥ śrutvā jayā vacanamabravīt śratvā makhasthā dakṣasya bhaginyaḥ patibhiḥ saha
เมื่อได้ฟังถ้อยคำของศังกร ชยาจึงกล่าวตอบ ครั้นได้ยินดังนั้น บรรดาพี่น้องสตรีของทักษะซึ่งอยู่ ณ มฆะ พร้อมสามีทั้งหลายก็ [ชุมนุม/ตอบสนอง]
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FAQs
Speech and counsel in a ritual setting can redirect the course of events; the verse emphasizes how hearing (śravaṇa) precedes response and collective action, a common Purāṇic motif for moral causality.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita-type narration (episodes about divine figures and ritual conflict), not cosmogenesis; it is an embedded sacred history illustrating dharma and adharma around yajña.
‘Makha’ symbolizes ritual order; the presence of Dakṣa’s kin at the yajña signals social-religious consensus that will soon be challenged by Rudra’s counter-principle: inner truth over mere formalism.