Vamana Purana — Battle at Mandara, Shloka 37

The Battle at Mandara: Vinayaka, Nandin, and Skanda Rout the Daitya Hosts

Devanagari script

हते तुहुण्डे विमुखे च राहौ गणेश्वराः क्रोधविषं मुमुक्षवः पञ्चैककालानलसन्निकाशा विशान्ति सेनां दनुपुङ्गवानाम्

Transliteration

hate tuhuṇḍe vimukhe ca rāhau gaṇeśvarāḥ krodhaviṣaṃ mumukṣavaḥ pañcaikakālānalasannikāśā viśānti senāṃ danupuṅgavānām

Translation

ತುಹುಂಡನು ಹತನಾಗಲು ಮತ್ತು ರಾಹುವು ವಿಮುಖನಾಗಲು, ಕೋಪಾಗ್ನಿಯನ್ನು ಉಗುಳಲು ಇಚ್ಛಿಸುವ ಗಣೇಶ್ವರರು ಪ್ರಳಯಕಾಲದ ಅಗ್ನಿಯಂತೆ ದಾನವ ಸೈನ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದರು.

Speakers

• Narrator (Purāṇic sūta-style narration) describing the battle; direct interlocutors not explicit in the given verse.

Primary Deities

• Shiva (via Gaṇeśvaras/gaṇas)

Key Themes

• Martial epic description
• Fury as a destructive ‘poison’
• Gaṇa/gaṇeśvara intervention in asura warfare
• Eschatological imagery (pralaya-fire simile)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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