Iconography of Kalarupa through the Zodiac
मृगार्द्धमार्द्रादित्यांशास्त्रयः सौम्यगृहं त्विदम् मिथुनं भुजयोस्तदस्य गगनस्थस्य शूलिनः
mṛgārddhamārdrādityāṃśāstrayaḥ saumyagṛhaṃ tvidam mithunaṃ bhujayostadasya gaganasthasya śūlinaḥ
مِرگشیِرشا کا پچھلا نصف، آردرا اور آدِتیہ گروہ کے تین حصّے—یہ سب مل کر یہ سَومیَہ (چندر) گھر ہیں۔ آسمان میں مقیم اُس شُول دھاری پروردگار کے بازوؤں پر مِتھُن برج مقرر ہے۔
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Time-divisions are not merely astronomical; they are sanctified as aspects of the deity. This encourages aligning human action (ritual, vrata, worship) with sacred time, cultivating harmony between microcosm and macrocosm.
Cosmological structuring and divine taxonomy: best placed under Sarga/Pratisarga-style material (world-order and its divine administration).
Placing Mithuna on Śiva’s arms suggests ‘agency’ and ‘action’ (arms) governed by duality/pairedness (Gemini), implying that even polarity and relational life are held within the divine body.