Vamana Purana — Chanda & Munda Discover Katyayani, Shloka 43
Chanda and Munda Discover Katyayani; Mahishasura’s Proposal and the Vishnu-Panjara Protection
एवं पुरा देववरेण शंभुना तद्वैष्णवं पञ्जरमायताक्ष्याः प्रोक्तं तया चापि हि पादघातैर्निषूदितो ऽसौ महिषासुरेन्द्रः
evaṃ purā devavareṇa śaṃbhunā tadvaiṣṇavaṃ pañjaramāyatākṣyāḥ proktaṃ tayā cāpi hi pādaghātairniṣūdito 'sau mahiṣāsurendraḥ
So lehrte einst Śambhu, der Beste unter den Göttern, der weitäugigen Göttin jenes vaiṣṇavische „Pañjara“; und sie selbst erschlug wahrlich durch Tritte ihrer Füße Mahīṣāsurendra, den Herrn der Mahiṣa-Asuras.
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FAQs
The verse teaches cooperative divinity: Śiva transmits a Vaiṣṇava protection, and Śakti executes the victory. Ethically, it discourages sectarian exclusivism—spiritual power is not diminished by honoring multiple divine modalities working toward dharma.
It is primarily Vamśānucarita/ākhyāna (narrative tradition) with a secondary ritual-didactic function (kavaca-pravacana). It does not directly serve sarga/pratisarga but supports Purāṇic instruction through exemplum.
Śiva teaching a Vaiṣṇava ‘armor’ symbolizes the non-duality/complementarity of Hari and Hara in the Vāmana Purāṇa’s style. Durgā’s ‘foot-strikes’ can signify the grounding force of embodied śakti that tramples egoic, bestial ignorance (Mahiṣa).