Story Lab: Topic Research, Virabhadrasana's

This Wikipedia page about Virabhadrasana's or the Warrior poses is a good starting base for my research for my final story. I plan to combine all three of the Warrior poses into this story and show the progression of the story to the poses.


The first pose called Virabhadrasana I or Warrior Pose I derives from the story about Krishna's wife, Sati, killing herself because she was not invited to her father's ritual. When Krishna found out of his wife's death he snatched a lock of hair from his head, he threw it on the ground and stomped on it. From the lock on the ground rose a warrior who he named Virabhadra with Vira meaning "hero" and Bhadra meaning "friend". This warrior was created to kill Sati's father, Daksha. The pose replicates Virabhadra's arrival with swords in his hand moving up through the earth.

                  Picture information: Virabhadrasana I




The next of the series is Virabhadrasana II pose or Warrior II pose. In this pose, Virabhadra spots Daksha and moves swiftly towards him in order to kill him.

Picture information: Virabhadrasana II

The last of the series is Virabhadrasana III. Here Virabhadra beheads Daksha, Krishna arrives and sees that he is dead. Krishna then absorbs Virabhadra back into his original form and into a rabbit. After seeing the dead Daksha, Krishna is mournful and finds a head of goat to put on Daksha. This pose replicates Krishna bowing in humbleness.
In the end both Daksha and Sati are reborn.

     Picture information: Virabhadrasana III; humble warrior