Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तया जघान तं दैत्यं मायया कालशम्बरम् उत्पत्य च तया सार्धम् आजगाम पितुर् गृहम्

Transliteration

tayā jaghāna taṃ daityaṃ māyayā kālaśambaram utpatya ca tayā sārdham ājagāma pitur gṛham

Translation

By that māyā-power he struck down the demon Kāla-Śambara. Then, rising up together with her, he came to his father’s home.

Word by Word

• तया: by that (illusion/power)
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• जघान: slew
• जघान: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• दैत्यम्: the demon
• दैत्यम्: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• मायया: by magic, by illusion
• मायया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• कालशम्बरम्: Kālaśambara
• कालशम्बरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालशम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• उत्पत्य: having risen up, having leapt up
• उत्पत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तया: with her/that
• तया: Saha (Accompaniment marker/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Saha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (adverb/particle meaning 'together with')

• आजगाम: came, returned
• आजगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Vishnu as Krishna ensures the defeat of the sorcerer-daitya and restores His son Pradyumna to the Yadava household, reuniting the divine family and stabilizing dharma.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Restoration of rightful kinship, protection of the Yadus, and the removal of asuric interference through decisive divine power.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Divine protection culminates not only in the destruction of adharma but also in restoration—returning the devotee/servant to rightful belonging in the Lord’s sphere.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: After overcoming obstacles, dedicate the ‘return’—one’s restored life and relationships—to service and gratitude rather than pride.

Vishishtadvaita: Liberative restoration is relational: the jīva’s fulfillment is in returning to the Lord’s ‘home’ (His order and service), reflecting śeṣa-śeṣi bhāva.

Dynasty & Genealogy

Vamsha: Chandra

Dharma Exemplar: Rakṣaṇa (protective guardianship)

Key Kings: Pradyumna, Kāla-Śambara, Vasudeva

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Vasudeva

Bhakti Type: Vatsalya

Vyuha Form: Pradyumna

Characters & Entities

• Kālaśambara
• Daitya
• Māyā (illusion/sorcery)
• Pradyumna (implied)
• Māyāvatī (implied)
• Kṛṣṇa (as father, implied)

FAQs

What is the significance of defeating Kālaśambara’s māyā in the Vishnu Purana?

It dramatizes how demonic illusion is ultimately powerless before divinely aligned agency, restoring dharma and rightful lineage.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the return to the father’s home in this episode?

Parāśara frames it as the narrative resolution: after the demon’s fall, the hero reunites with his paternal household, rejoining the Yādava family line.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even in a genealogical tale, Vishnu’s supremacy is implied through the safeguarding and re-establishment of his incarnate family’s order against forces of adharma.