Vamana Purana — Daksha's Sacrifice & Kapalin Rudra, Shloka 17
Daksha’s Sacrifice and the Origin of Kapalin Rudra (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)
पुलस्त्य उवाच ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठो वरिष्ठो ऽपि आद्यो ऽपि भगवाञ्शिवः कपालीलि विदित्वेशो दक्षेण न निमन्त्रितः
pulastya uvāca jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭho variṣṭho 'pi ādyo 'pi bhagavāñśivaḥ kapālīli viditveśo dakṣeṇa na nimantritaḥ
普罗娑提耶（Pulastya）说道：至尊湿婆（Bhagavān Śiva）虽为最年长、最善、最卓越且本初者，却未被达叉（Dakṣa）邀请；他乃持髑髅者（Kapālī），亦是众所周知的主宰——伊湿（Īśa）。
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FAQs
Ritual authority without humility leads to adharma: Dakṣa’s omission of Śiva shows that external yajña-splendor is incomplete when it excludes the inner principle of īśvara-bhāva (recognition of the Lord).
Carita/Vamśānucarita: a didactic episode about divine-human (or divine-divine) relations and dharma, embedded in the Purāṇic narrative stream.
The epithet Kapālī juxtaposed with ‘primordial lord’ suggests that the supreme may appear socially marginal (ascetic, cemetery-associated) yet remains the indispensable ground of sacred order.