Shloka 34
Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)
अनन्तबलवीर्यश्ष॒ अनन्तबलपौरुष: । वीरभद्र इति ख्यातो देव्या मन्युप्रमार्जक:
anantabalavīryaś ca anantabalapauruṣaḥ | vīrabhadra iti khyāto devyā manyupramārjakaḥ ||
达克沙说道：“他力与勇无穷，威与雄亦无边；他以‘毗罗跋陀罗’之名闻世——能拭除女神之怒者。”在叙事中，这将毗罗跋陀罗呈现为湿婆所许可之忿怒的有效力量，为在亵渎神圣秩序之后恢复道德均衡而起；其职分并非徒然杀伐，而是纠正那被骄矜与不敬所败坏的祭祀。
दक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and ritual authority are ethically subordinate to reverence and right conduct: when sacrifice is driven by pride and disrespect, corrective force—symbolized by Vīrabhadra as Śiva’s sanctioned wrath—serves to restore moral order rather than to glorify violence.
Dakṣa describes Vīrabhadra as an immeasurably powerful being, famed for removing the Goddess’s anger; this functions as a lead-in to the later account of how Vīrabhadra, arising from Śiva’s wrath, becomes the agent in the disruption of Dakṣa’s sacrifice.