Shloka 21
प्रह्लादस्य अव्यभिचारिणी भक्ति, मायाविनाशः, तथा विष्णोः विश्वरूप-स्तुतिः
संशोषकं ततो वायुं दैत्येन्द्र इदम् अब्रवीत् शीघ्रम् एष ममादेशाद् दुरात्मा नीयतां क्षयम्
saṃśoṣakaṃ tato vāyuṃ daityendra idam abravīt śīghram eṣa mamādeśād durātmā nīyatāṃ kṣayam
Then the lord of the Daityas addressed the all-drying wind: “Quickly—by my command—drive this wicked one to destruction.”
Daityendra (lord/king of the Daityas), as quoted within Parasara’s narration to Maitreya
Phase: Persecution
Bhakti Quality: Steadfastness under escalating threats (implied by context)
FAQs
It shows how elemental powers (like Wind) function as cosmic forces that can be invoked or directed within the story-world—yet their ultimate place remains within the larger moral and cosmic order described in the Purana.
Parasara typically frames such episodes as clashes of dharma and adharma, where Asuric command seeks domination, but the narrative arc ultimately points to the supremacy of the cosmic order associated with Vishnu.
Even when Vishnu is not named in a given verse, the Purana’s theology treats him as the supreme ground of order—so destructive commands rooted in adharma are implicitly subordinate to the higher sovereignty that Vishnu embodies.