Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 5
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
आजघान च बाणौघैरस्त्रैः स नारद तान् भस्मसात्तदा चक्रे नगानिव हुताशनः
ājaghāna ca bāṇaughairastraiḥ sa nārada tān bhasmasāttadā cakre nagāniva hutāśanaḥ
وضربهم بسيلٍ من السهام والأسلحة؛ يا نارادا، ثم جعلهم رمادًا في ذلك الحين، كما تُحيل النار (هوتاشانا) الجبالَ إلى احتراق.
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FAQs
The verse underscores the overwhelming force of divinely empowered weaponry and the inevitability of destruction when adharma-aligned forces meet superior dharma-backed power; it also cautions against pride in mere physical strength.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of deeds in dynastic/heroic accounts), presented as episodic battle-description rather than cosmogenesis (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya).
Fire reducing even 'mountain-like' opponents to ash symbolizes the consuming clarity of divine ordinance: hardened resistance (like mountains) cannot withstand the purifying/annihilating force when dharma asserts itself.