Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 19
Hymn of Victory: Varāha, the Slaying of Hiraṇyākṣa, and the Praise of Viṣṇu
वसूनां शरपातैश्च शूराणां रश्मिमालिनाम् । मेघानां करकाभिश्च वज्रपातैस्सुदारुणैः
vasūnāṃ śarapātaiśca śūrāṇāṃ raśmimālinām | meghānāṃ karakābhiśca vajrapātaissudāruṇaiḥ
वसुओं की बाण-वृष्टि से, किरण-मालाओं से दीप्त शूर-वीरों के तेज से, मेघों की ओलों की मार से, और अत्यन्त भयंकर वज्र-प्रहारों से भी।
Not specified in the provided excerpt (requires surrounding verses to confirm the dialogue frame, e.g., Pulastya–Bhīṣma or Śiva–Pārvatī).
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: शरपातैश्च = शरपातैः + च; करकाभिश्च = करकाभिः + च; वज्रपातैस्सुदारुणैः = वज्रपातैः + सुदारुणैः (visarga/sibilant sandhi).
FAQs
The Vasus are a group of eight Vedic deities associated with elemental and cosmic principles; here they appear as powerful divine agents whose 'arrow-showers' intensify the scene.
It layers martial and meteorological imagery to convey overwhelming force—humanlike warfare (arrows) amplified into cosmic-scale violence (hail and vajra/thunderbolts).
In creation-cycle narratives, destructive forces often symbolize the purifying or corrective power that restores order; the lesson is that cosmic balance may involve intense upheaval before renewal.