Vamana Purana — Vishnu Slays Kalanemi, Shloka 41
Vishnu Enters the Deva–Asura War and Slays Kalanemi
तैर्वाणैश्छाद्यमाना हरिकरनुदितैः कालदण्डप्रकाशैर्नाराचैरर्धचन्द्रैर्बालिमयपुरागा भीतभीतास्त्वारन्तः प्रारम्बे दानवेन्द्रं शतवदनमथो प्रेषयन् कालनेमिं स प्रायाद् देवसैन्यप्रभुममितबलं केशवं लोकनाथम्
tairvāṇaiśchādyamānā harikaranuditaiḥ kāladaṇḍaprakāśairnārācairardhacandrairbālimayapurāgā bhītabhītāstvārantaḥ prārambe dānavendraṃ śatavadanamatho preṣayan kālanemiṃ sa prāyād devasainyaprabhumamitabalaṃ keśavaṃ lokanātham
হৰিৰ হাতেৰে নুদিত, যমদণ্ডৰ দৰে দীপ্তিমান সেই বাণ—নাৰাচ আৰু অৰ্ধচন্দ্ৰাকৃতি শৰ—ইয়াৰে ঢাকি পেলোৱা বলী-ময় নগৰৰ পৰা অহা দৈত্যসকল পুনঃপুনঃ ভয়ত কঁপি যুদ্ধৰ আৰম্ভণিতেই বিভ্ৰান্ত হ’ল। তেতিয়া দানৱৰ অধিপতি, শতমুখী, কালনেমিক পঠালে; আৰু সি দেৱসেনাৰ প্ৰভু, লোকনাথ, অমিতবল কেশৱৰ বিৰুদ্ধে আগুৱাই গ’ল।
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FAQs
By likening the arrows’ radiance to the ‘rod of Death,’ the verse frames Viṣṇu’s attack as not merely martial but juridical-cosmic: the Daityas are meeting an inescapable sentence aligned with cosmic order (ṛta/dharma).
The epithet indicates a formidable asura commander characterized by overwhelming presence or many-aspected power. In Purāṇic style, such epithets can function descriptively without requiring a single fixed identity across all traditions; here it primarily marks the asura overlord who orders Kālanemi into combat.
Not in these three verses. Despite the Vāmana Purāṇa’s strong geographic/tīrtha orientation elsewhere, this excerpt is purely martial narrative, using ‘pura’ (fortress/city) references to asura polities without naming rivers, forests, or pilgrimage sites.