Vamana Purana — Sati's Death & Virabhadra, Shloka 31
Sati’s Death and the Assault on Daksha’s Sacrifice: Virabhadra versus the Devas
ततो वरास्त्रैर्गणनायकेन जितः स धर्मः तरसा प्रसह्य पराङ्मुखो ऽभूद्विमना मुनीन्द्र स वीरभद्रः प्रविवेश यज्ञम् / 4.30 यज्ञावाटं प्रविष्टं तं वीरभद्रं गणेश्वरम् दृष्ट्वा तु सहसा देवा उत्तस्थुः सायुधा मुने
tato varāstrairgaṇanāyakena jitaḥ sa dharmaḥ tarasā prasahya parāṅmukho 'bhūdvimanā munīndra sa vīrabhadraḥ praviveśa yajñam / 4.30 yajñāvāṭaṃ praviṣṭaṃ taṃ vīrabhadraṃ gaṇeśvaram dṛṣṭvā tu sahasā devā uttasthuḥ sāyudhā mune
于是，达摩被伽那之主所施的上妙神兵所胜，以迅疾之势强行制伏；他转身背离，心生沮丧，噢诸牟尼之最。彼毗罗跋陀罗遂进入祭祀之仪。诸天见伽那之主毗罗跋陀罗已入祭场围苑，便骤然起立，皆执兵刃，噢牟尼。
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FAQs
Ritual (yajña) is not merely external performance; it must be aligned with dharma in the deeper sense—humility, right intention, and reverence toward the divine. The personified ‘Dharma’ being subdued signals that when ritual becomes prideful or exclusionary, its claimed righteousness collapses and is corrected by higher divine agency.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative (accounts of divine and cosmic events) rather than sarga/pratisarga. It is an episode of devas and Śiva’s manifestation affecting cosmic order, used to teach dharma through story.
Vīrabhadra entering the yajña symbolizes the intrusion of transcendent truth into a closed, self-justifying ritual system. The Devas rising ‘armed’ reflects how even divine powers can become defensive when confronted with a force that represents uncompromising justice (Śiva’s corrective fury).