Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 42
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
पुरासुरवरौ रौद्रौ जगत्क्षोभकरावुभौ रम्भश्चैव करम्भश् च द्वावास्तां सुमाबलौ
purāsuravarau raudrau jagatkṣobhakarāvubhau rambhaścaiva karambhaś ca dvāvāstāṃ sumābalau
प्राचीन काल में दो श्रेष्ठ असुर थे, स्वभाव से उग्र और जगत् को क्षुब्ध करने वाले—रम्भ और करम्भ—दोनों अत्यन्त महाबली थे।
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FAQs
When power (bala) is untethered from dharma, it becomes ‘jagat-kṣobha’—a force of social and cosmic destabilization. Purāṇas often present such figures to highlight the necessity of restraint, right order, and divine correction.
Vaṃśānucarita/anucarita: the narration begins the genealogy and exploits of asura figures whose line will lead into later conflicts resolved by divine intervention.
The pairing of two ‘foremost’ asuras emphasizes a recurring Purāṇic motif: adharma often appears as organized, compounded force (dual or collective), necessitating a correspondingly comprehensive divine response—here, anticipated as the Goddess’s manifestation.