Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 52
Andhaka’s Coronation, Boons from Shiva, and the Daiva–Asura War (Vahana Catalogues)
वाद्यन्ति तूर्याणि सुरासुराणाम् पश्यन्ति खस्था मुनिसिद्धसंघाः नयन्ति तान्प्सरसां गणाग्र्या हता रणे ये ऽभिमुखास्तु शूराः
vādyanti tūryāṇi surāsurāṇām paśyanti khasthā munisiddhasaṃghāḥ nayanti tānpsarasāṃ gaṇāgryā hatā raṇe ye 'bhimukhāstu śūrāḥ
The war-instruments (trumpets/drums) of the devas and asuras resound. Companies of sages and siddhas, stationed in the sky, look on. The foremost bands of apsarases escort those heroes who, facing the enemy, were slain in battle.
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FAQs
The verse valorizes courage aligned with kṣātra-dharma: those who fall 'facing' the battle are honored. It also implies a moral order where actions are witnessed by higher beings and yield corresponding posthumous destinations.
It belongs to Vaṃśānucarita/Carita narrative (accounts of deeds in mythic history), specifically the descriptive layer accompanying a martial episode.
The sounding of tūryas and the presence of sky-dwelling siddhas frame battle as a cosmic rite; apsarases escorting the fallen symbolizes the transmutation of violent death into a socially and cosmically recognized 'hero’s passage' when performed with valor.
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