Shloka 25
असुराणां पुराण्यासंस्त्रीणि वीर्यवर्तां दिवि । आयसं राजतं चैव सौवर्णमपि चापरम्,पूर्वकालमें बलवान् असुरोंके तीन पुर (विमान) थे; जो आकाशमें विचरते रहते थे। उनमेंसे एक लोहेका, दूसरा चाँदीका और तीसरा सोनेका बना हुआ था
asurāṇāṃ purāṇy āsan trīṇi vīryavatāṃ divi | āyasaṃ rājataṃ caiva sauvarṇam api cāparam ||
Vāyu sprach: „In uralter Zeit besaßen die mächtigen Asuras drei befestigte Himmelsstädte, die sich durch den Himmel bewegten. Die eine war aus Eisen, die zweite aus Silber, und die dritte aus Gold.“
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how immense power and dazzling wealth (iron, silver, gold citadels) can become grounds for arrogance; in dharmic storytelling such grandeur is ultimately subordinate to moral order and is not a secure foundation for righteousness.
Vāyu describes an ancient episode: the Asuras had three moving aerial fortresses in the sky, distinguished by their metals—iron, silver, and gold—introducing a mythic setting that typically precedes their confrontation with divine forces.