Vamana Purana — Kurukshetra & Prithudaka Tirtha, Shloka 19
Kurukshetra, Pṛthūdaka Tīrtha, and the Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa with Tapatī
सा शङ्करात् स्वतेजोंऽशं जनयिष्यति यं सुतम् स हनिष्यति दैत्येन्द्रं महिषं सपदानुगम्
sā śaṅkarāt svatejoṃ'śaṃ janayiṣyati yaṃ sutam sa haniṣyati daityendraṃ mahiṣaṃ sapadānugam
She will bear a son who is a portion of Śaṅkara’s own splendor. He will slay Mahīṣa, lord of the daityas, together with his followers.
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FAQs
Adharma embodied as tyrannical asuric power is overcome not by chance but by divinely ordered manifestation (aṃśa) aligned with dharma; leadership and power are justified only when they protect cosmic balance.
Manvantara/vaṃśānucarita-linked episode: it belongs to recurring cycles of devas–asuras conflict and their resolution through divinely manifested agents, a common Purāṇic historical-theological pattern.
‘Tejas-aṃśa of Śaṅkara’ frames victory as the triumph of awakened consciousness and ascetic fire over brute, tamasic force (Mahīṣa as the ‘buffalo’ symbol), restoring order by removing the asuric center and its network (anugas).