Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 5
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
आजघान च बाणौघैरस्त्रैः स नारद तान् भस्मसात्तदा चक्रे नगानिव हुताशनः
ājaghāna ca bāṇaughairastraiḥ sa nārada tān bhasmasāttadā cakre nagāniva hutāśanaḥ
হে নারদ! সে বাণবৃষ্টি ও অস্ত্র দ্বারা তাদের আঘাত করল; তারপর হুতাশনের ন্যায় পর্বত দগ্ধ করে তাদের ভস্ম করে দিল।
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FAQs
The verse underscores the overwhelming force of divinely empowered weaponry and the inevitability of destruction when adharma-aligned forces meet superior dharma-backed power; it also cautions against pride in mere physical strength.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of deeds in dynastic/heroic accounts), presented as episodic battle-description rather than cosmogenesis (sarga) or dissolution (pralaya).
Fire reducing even 'mountain-like' opponents to ash symbolizes the consuming clarity of divine ordinance: hardened resistance (like mountains) cannot withstand the purifying/annihilating force when dharma asserts itself.