Vamana Purana — Skanda Slays Taraka & Mahisha, Shloka 25

Skanda’s Svastyayana and the Slaying of Taraka and Mahisha

Devanagari script

वाराहो ऽम्बुनिधौ पातु दुर्गे पातु नृकेसरी सामवेदध्वनिः श्रीमान् सर्वलतः पातु माधवः

Transliteration

vārāho 'mbunidhau pātu durge pātu nṛkesarī sāmavedadhvaniḥ śrīmān sarvalataḥ pātu mādhavaḥ

Translation

May Varāha protect me in the ocean; may Narasiṃha protect me in peril; may Mādhava—auspicious, resonant with the sound of the Sāma-veda—protect me on all sides.

Speakers

• Implied liturgical voice within the svastyayana/kavaca section (narrated in the frame by Pulastya to Nārada)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Varaha)
• Vishnu (Narasimha)
• Vishnu (Madhava)

Key Themes

• Protective stuti (kavaca)
• Vedic sound as auspicious power (Sāmaveda-dhvani)
• Vaishnava avatāra theology
• Directional/locative protection

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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