Shloka 36

भाण्डीरवट-क्रीडा: प्रलम्बासुरवधः, मानुष्यलीला, एक-कारण-तत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

स निष्कासितमस्तिष्को मुखाच् छोणितम् उद्वमन् निपपात महीपृष्ठे दैत्यवर्यो ममार च

Transliteration

sa niṣkāsitamastiṣko mukhāc choṇitam udvaman nipapāta mahīpṛṣṭhe daityavaryo mamāra ca

Translation

His skull shattered and his brain forced out, vomiting blood from his mouth, that foremost of the Daityas collapsed upon the earth’s surface—and there he died.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st case), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• निष्कासित-मस्तिष्कः: whose brain was forced out
• निष्कासित-मस्तिष्कः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्कासित (कृदन्त, निष्+कस्/कास्-धातोः क्त) + मस्तिष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; समासः: निष्कासितं मस्तिष्कं यस्य (determinative/possessive sense)

• मुखात्: from the mouth
• मुखात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/5th case), एकवचन — Ablative singular

• शोणितम्: blood
• शोणितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• उद्वमन्: vomiting
• उद्वमन्: Karta (Agent in participle/कर्तृ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+वम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — agreeing with ‘सः’

• निपपात: fell down
• निपपात: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 3rd person singular

• मही-पृष्ठे: on the surface of the earth
• मही-पृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th case), एकवचन — Locative singular; समासः: मह्याः पृष्ठम् (genitive tatpurusha)

• दैत्य-वर्यः: the foremost of the demons
• दैत्य-वर्यः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; समासः: वर्यः दैत्यः (appositional)

• ममार: died
• ममार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 3rd person singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya (listener), in the standard Vishnu Purana dialogue frame

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Continuation of Kṛṣṇa’s Vraja protections and the fates of attacking asuras.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To safeguard Vraja by ensuring the complete destruction of Pralamba, removing the immediate asuric threat to the cowherds.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Removal of violent adharma from the pastoral community; restoration of fearlessness in Vraja.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Sakhya

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Earth (Mahī)

FAQs

What is the significance of the Daitya’s death in the Vishnu Purana?

It functions as a narrative marker of adharma’s collapse—when hostile powers to cosmic order are struck down, the earth (mahī) is shown as the stage where divine law reasserts itself.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the restoration of order in such episodes?

Parāśara typically frames these events as consequences within a divinely governed cosmos: destructive forces rise, are checked by higher power, and balance is restored—supporting the Purana’s theme of universal order under the Supreme.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in a specific verse, the episode aligns with the Vishnu Purana’s central claim that ultimate sovereignty belongs to Vishnu as the ground of order—through whom protection and restraint of chaos occur.