कालेन गच्छता तस्य संजातो विग्रहो महान् । देवाः किं मे करिष्यंति विष्णुना किं प्रयोजनम्
kālena gacchatā tasya saṃjāto vigraho mahān | devāḥ kiṃ me kariṣyaṃti viṣṇunā kiṃ prayojanam
Als die Zeit verging, wuchs seine hochmütige Macht gewaltig. „Was können mir die Devas schon antun? Wozu brauche ich Viṣṇu?“
Hiraṇyakaśipu (deduced: boastful rhetorical questions)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A towering daitya, swollen with pride as time passes, dismisses Devas and Viṣṇu; the atmosphere is tense, foreshadowing divine intervention.
Time magnifies inner tendencies; when arrogance matures into contempt for the divine, destruction follows as a dharmic consequence.
The verse sits within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where sacred-place narration transmits enduring dharma through exemplars.
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