Shloka 28

Battle at Mandara — The Battle at Mandara: Vinayaka, Nandin, and Skanda Rout the Daitya Hosts

Devanagari script

तत्प्रभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा गणनाथो विनायकः समाद्रवत वेगेन तुहुण्डं दनुरुङ्गवम्

Transliteration

tatprabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā gaṇanātho vināyakaḥ samādravata vegena tuhuṇḍaṃ danuruṅgavam

Translation

Als er sah, dass jenes Heer zerschmettert war, stürmte Gaṇanātha Vināyaka mit großer Geschwindigkeit auf Tuhuṇḍa zu, den Vordersten unter den Dānava-Kriegern.

Speakers

• Narrator (Sūta/Itihāsa-style narration) describing the battle to the listening sages (frame not explicit in the given excerpt).

Primary Deities

• Gaṇeśa (Vināyaka)
• Śiva (implied, as lord of the gaṇas)

Key Themes

• Andhaka-vadha cycle
• Deva–Asura conflict
• Gaṇeśa as martial protector
• Protection of dharma through divine hosts

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Who is Tuhuṇḍa in this passage?

Tuhuṇḍa is presented as a prominent Dānava (asura) combatant—‘dānava-uṅgava’—an epithet marking him as an elite warrior among the demons opposing the divine side in the Andhaka-vadha war-cycle.

Why is Gaṇeśa called Gaṇanātha and Vināyaka here?

‘Gaṇanātha’ emphasizes his command over Śiva’s gaṇas (divine attendants), while ‘Vināyaka’ highlights his function as the remover of obstacles—here expressed in a martial register as he removes the obstruction posed by the asura champion.

Does this verse contain any tirtha or geographic reference typical of the Vāmana Purāṇa?

No. This is a pure battle-description unit; the Vāmana Purāṇa alternates between geography/tīrtha material and mythic cycles like Andhaka-vadha, and this verse belongs to the latter.