Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 66
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
नमरो नाम विख्यातो महाबलपराक्रमः यक्षानाश्रित्य तस्थौ स कालयन् श्वापदान् मुन्
namaro nāma vikhyāto mahābalaparākramaḥ yakṣānāśritya tasthau sa kālayan śvāpadān mun
नमर नाम का एक दैत्य, महान् बल और पराक्रम से विख्यात, यक्षों का आश्रय लेकर वहाँ स्थित हुआ और हे मुनि, वन्य पशुओं को भक्षण करता रहा।
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FAQs
Power (bala-parākrama) without dharma expresses as predation; the verse frames tyranny as a distortion of kṣatra-energy, warning that alliances (āśraya) with the strong do not sanctify adharma.
Vamśānucarita/Carita-type episodic history of beings (Daitya figure) embedded in a place-glorification narrative; it supplies etiological background for later tīrtha-phala or local rites.
Namara’s 'reliance on Yakṣas' symbolizes worldly dependence and coercive power; consuming śvāpadāḥ (beasts) reflects a descent into raw appetite—an inversion of the ascetic ideal often associated with tīrtha.