Vamana Purana — Andhaka's Coronation, Shloka 47
Andhaka’s Coronation, Boons from Shiva, and the Daiva–Asura War (Vahana Catalogues)
विरोचनश्चापि जलेश्वरं त्वगाज्जम्भस्त्वथागाद् धनदं बलाढ्यम् वायुं समभ्येत्य च शम्बरो ऽथ मयो हुताशं युयुधे मुनीन्द्र
virocanaścāpi jaleśvaraṃ tvagājjambhastvathāgād dhanadaṃ balāḍhyam vāyuṃ samabhyetya ca śambaro 'tha mayo hutāśaṃ yuyudhe munīndra
বিরোচনও জলেশ্বর বরুণের বিরুদ্ধে গেল। তারপর বলবান জম্ভ ধনদ কুবেরের সঙ্গে যুদ্ধে প্রবৃত্ত হল। শম্বর বায়ুর নিকট গিয়ে যুদ্ধ করল; আর ময় হুতাশ (অগ্নি)-এর সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ করল, হে মুনীন্দ্র।
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FAQs
The pairing of Daityas against the Lokapālas portrays adharma as an assault on the very supports of the world (water, wealth/order, wind, fire). The lesson is that cosmic stability (ṛta/dharma) is maintained through the protection of these governing principles.
Again, Vaṁśānucarita/Carita: a heroic-battle catalogue embedded within broader genealogical and epochal storytelling, rather than creation/dissolution accounts.
Each Lokapāla embodies a functional layer of reality—Varuṇa (waters/constraint), Kubera (resources), Vāyu (vital movement), Agni (transformation). Daitya opposition symbolizes disorder attempting to seize or disrupt these functions; the narrative thus mythologizes the fragility—and defense—of the world’s operating system.