Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 15
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
जामातृदुहितृश्वैव दौहित्रांश्च प्रजापतिः सशङ्करां सतीं मुक्त्वा मखे सर्वान् न्यमन्त्रयत्
jāmātṛduhitṛśvaiva dauhitrāṃśca prajāpatiḥ saśaṅkarāṃ satīṃ muktvā makhe sarvān nyamantrayat
Inanyayahan ni Prajāpati sa paghahandog ang mga manugang na lalaki, ang mga anak na babae, at pati ang mga apo; ngunit iniwan sa tabi si Satī kasama si Śaṅkara, at inanyayahan ang lahat sa ritwal ng sakripisyo.
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FAQs
Selective honor in sacred rites—especially exclusion rooted in pride—corrupts yajña itself; dharma requires humility and equal reverence to the divine.
Vamśānucarita / narrative of progenitors: Dakṣa as Prajāpati and his sacrificial episode is a genealogical-mythic thread used to teach dharma and cosmic consequences.
Excluding Satī-with-Śiva signals a rupture between ritual formalism and inner divinity; the episode typically functions to show that the Supreme cannot be barred by social hierarchy, and later Purāṇic readings often reconcile Hari and Hara beyond sectarian pride.