Vamana Purana — Prahlada vs Nara-Narayana, Shloka 35
Prahlada’s Defeat by Nara-Narayana and Victory through Bhakti
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं च्यवनस्य दितीश्वरः प्रोवाच धर्मसंयुक्तं स वाक्यं वाक्यकोविदः
etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ cyavanasya ditīśvaraḥ provāca dharmasaṃyuktaṃ sa vākyaṃ vākyakovidaḥ
চ্যৱনৰ এই বাক্য শুনি দৈত্যসকলৰ অধিপতি, বাক্যত নিপুণ, ধৰ্মসংযুক্ত কথা ক’লে।
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FAQs
Even a Daitya ruler is portrayed as capable of dharma-aligned speech; Purāṇas often use this to show that dharma is not restricted by birth-group but by conduct and receptivity to sage counsel.
It belongs to narrative history (carita) embedded in the Purāṇa—supporting moral instruction through exemplary dialogue rather than sarga/pratisarga material.
“Skilled in speech” paired with “joined to dharma” implies that rhetoric is meant to serve truth and right order; it anticipates the shift from power-politics to sacred inquiry (tīrtha-knowledge).