Shloka 18
Sati's Death & Virabhadra — Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
ततः क्रोधात् त्रिनेत्रस्य गात्ररोमोद्भाव मुने गणाः सिंहमुखा जाता वीरभद्रपुरोगमाः
tataḥ krodhāt trinetrasya gātraromodbhāva mune gaṇāḥ siṃhamukhā jātā vīrabhadrapurogamāḥ
แล้วด้วยพระพิโรธของพระศิวะผู้มีสามเนตร โอ้มุนี เหล่าคณะคณาได้อุบัติขึ้นจากขนตามพระวรกายของพระองค์; พวกเขาเกิดเป็นผู้มีพักตร์สิงห์ โดยมีวีรภัทรเป็นผู้นำหน้า
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FAQs
The episode frames sacrificial religiosity (yajña) as incomplete or even destructive when severed from reverence and right relationship—especially toward Śiva and Śakti. Anger here is not ordinary passion but a cosmic corrective force responding to adharma and insult.
This is best placed under Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative material (mythic histories of divine actors) rather than sarga/pratisarga. It is an episode explaining the dynamics of gods, rites, and cosmic order.
Gaṇas arising from Śiva’s body-hair symbolizes the immediacy of divine agency: the cosmos’ protective forces emerge directly from the deity’s own being. The lion-faced imagery conveys untamable power marshaled to confront ritual arrogance.