Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 71
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
एवं प्रभावा दनुपुङ्गवास्ते तेजो ऽधिकस्तत्र बभौ हयारिः राज्ये ऽभिषिक्तश्च महासुरेन्द्रैर्विनिर्जितैः शम्बरतारकाद्यैः
evaṃ prabhāvā danupuṅgavāste tejo 'dhikastatra babhau hayāriḥ rājye 'bhiṣiktaśca mahāsurendrairvinirjitaiḥ śambaratārakādyaiḥ
ಈ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಅವರ ಪ್ರಭಾವದಿಂದ ದನುಜನರಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠರಾದ ದೈತ್ಯರು ಪ್ರಾಬಲ್ಯ ಪಡೆದರು. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಹಯಾರಿ (ಹಯಗ್ರೀವನ ಶತ್ರುವಾದ ಇಂದ್ರ)ಯ ತೇಜಸ್ಸು ಅತ್ಯಧಿಕವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸಿತು. ಶಂಬರ, ತಾರಕ ಮೊದಲಾದ ಜಯಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಮಹಾಸುರೇಂದ್ರರು ಅವನಿಗೆ ರಾಜ್ಯಾಭಿಷೇಕ ಮಾಡಿದರು.
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FAQs
Sovereignty and splendor (tejas) are portrayed as contingent, shifting with collective power and merit; when dharma is eclipsed, even the Devas’ stations can be overturned, preparing the ground for divine restoration through avatāra.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of divine–demonic rulers and their deeds), with a dharma-adharma backdrop that motivates later cosmic rebalancing.
The ‘coronation’ by conquered Asura-lords symbolizes adharma consolidating power; naming prominent Asuras functions as a catalogue of disruptive forces that will necessitate Viṣṇu’s corrective descent.