Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 51
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
श्रुत्वान्धकस्यापि वचो ऽव्ययात्मा संक्रुद्धचित्तस्त्वरितो हि दैत्यम् उत्पाट्य भूम्यां च विनिष्पिपेष ततो ऽन्धकः पावकमाससाद
śrutvāndhakasyāpi vaco 'vyayātmā saṃkruddhacittastvarito hi daityam utpāṭya bhūmyāṃ ca viniṣpipeṣa tato 'ndhakaḥ pāvakamāsasāda
فلما سمع حتى كلامَ أَنْدَهَكَ، قام الذي لا يفنى، وقد اشتعل قلبُه غضبًا، فاقتلع الدَّيْتْيَةَ سريعًا وسحقه على الأرض. ثم توجَّه أَنْدَهَكَ إلى بافَكَةَ (إله النار).
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FAQs
Prideful provocation culminates in immediate karmic consequence; the demon’s turn toward Agni suggests a pattern of seeking external power or protection after moral failure rather than inner restraint.
Vamśānucarita / narrative of divine and demonic lineages and their conflicts (a heroic-episode strand rather than sarga/pratisarga cosmology).
The crushing of Andhaka signifies the subduing of tamas-driven arrogance; his resort to Fire (Agni) symbolizes seeking purification/power through a cosmic principle, yet still within the battlefield of unrighteous intent.