Vamana Purana — Slaying of Raktabija, Shloka 43
The Slaying of Raktabīja and Niśumbha–Śumbha; the Manifestation of the Mātṛkās and the Devas’ Hymn
तमापतन्तं निस्त्रिंशं षड्भिर्बर्हिणराजितैः चिच्छेद चर्मणा सार्द्ध तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्
tamāpatantaṃ nistriṃśaṃ ṣaḍbhirbarhiṇarājitaiḥ ciccheda carmaṇā sārddha tadadbhutamivābhavat
ধেয়ে আসা সেই নিস্ত্রিংশ খড়্গকে (অম্বিকা) ময়ূরপুচ্ছ-সদৃশ দীপ্তিতে শোভিত ছয় খণ্ডে, ঢালসহ, ছিন্ন করলেন; তা বিস্ময়কর বলে মনে হল।
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FAQs
The agent is Ambikā (Devī). The verse highlights her superhuman precision: she severs both the incoming sword and the accompanying shield, underscoring divine mastery over asuric aggression in the Andhaka-cycle battles.
Barhiṇa literally means ‘peacock.’ In martial description it commonly signals ornamentation or a shimmering, iridescent brilliance like peacock feathers—either on the sword fragments or on the weapon’s decorative fittings—intensifying the ‘adbhuta’ (marvel) effect.
Not directly. This is a yuddha-varṇana (battle description) segment within the Andhaka narrative; no sacred sites are named here, unlike the Purāṇa’s tīrtha-mahātmya passages.