Vamana Purana — Prahlada vs Nara-Narayana, Shloka 30
Prahlada’s Defeat by Nara-Narayana and Victory through Bhakti
संत्यक्तमात्रो नागेन च्यवनो भार्गवोत्तमः चचार नागकन्याभिः पूज्यचमानः समन्ततः
saṃtyaktamātro nāgena cyavano bhārgavottamaḥ cacāra nāgakanyābhiḥ pūjyacamānaḥ samantataḥ
ما إن أطلقه الثعبان حتى أخذ تشيَفانا—أعظم البهارغافا—يتنقّل، وقد أحاطت به فتياتُ الناغا يكرمنه ويقدّمن له التعظيم من كل جانب.
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FAQs
The episode culminates not only in safety but in honor: dharma is shown as intrinsically venerable, and even non-human beings (nāgas) are depicted as capable of recognizing and venerating a realized sage.
Vamśānucarita / exemplary narrative centered on a ṛṣi (Cyavana of the Bhṛgu line). It supports dharma instruction within the purāṇic storytelling framework.
Nāga maidens honoring Cyavana suggests the harmonizing of instinctive/liminal forces (nāgas often symbolize subterranean power) with spiritual authority; devotion to Hari pacifies the dangerous and reorients it toward service and reverence.