Vamana Purana — Rudra's Wrath & Kalarupa, Shloka 30
Rudra’s Wrath at Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Iconography of Kālarūpa through the Zodiac
पुलस्त्य उवाच स्वरूपं त्रिपुरघ्नस्य वदिष्ये कालपूपिणः येनाम्बरं मुनिश्रेष्ठ व्याप्तं लोकहितेप्सुना
pulastya uvāca svarūpaṃ tripuraghnasya vadiṣye kālapūpiṇaḥ yenāmbaraṃ muniśreṣṭha vyāptaṃ lokahitepsunā
Sinabi ni Pulastya: Isasalaysay ko ang tunay na anyo ni Tripuraghna, ang nagkatawang-tao bilang Panahon. Sa pamamagitan Niya, O pinakadakila sa mga pantas, ang kalangitan ay napupuno at nalulukuban, sapagkat hinahangad Niya ang kapakanan ng mga daigdig.
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FAQs
Divine ‘time’ is not presented as mere destruction but as loka-hita (world-welfare): the governance of time—birth, change, dissolution—serves cosmic order. Ethically, it reframes fear of time into reverence for its role in dharma and balance.
The verse introduces a theological-cosmological description (deity-form mapped onto cosmos). This aligns with sarga/pratisarga-style cosmology in Purāṇas rather than genealogies or royal chronicles.
Tripuraghna evokes the subjugation of the ‘three cities’ (often read as triple impurities or the triad of realms). Linking Tripuraghna with Kāla suggests that time itself ‘slays’ constructed worlds/egoic structures, restoring alignment with the cosmic good.