Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 57
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
तस्यां समभवद् गर्भस्तां प्रगृह्याथ दानवः पातालं प्रविवेशाथ ततः स्वभवनं गतः
tasyāṃ samabhavad garbhastāṃ pragṛhyātha dānavaḥ pātālaṃ praviveśātha tataḥ svabhavanaṃ gataḥ
അവളിൽ ഗർഭം ഉദിച്ചു. പിന്നെ ദാനവൻ അവളെ കൂട്ടിക്കൊണ്ട് പാതാളത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് തന്റെ ഭവനത്തിലേക്കു പോയി।
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FAQs
The emergence of garbha is presented as an event with broader consequences—Purāṇas often treat birth as a karmic and cosmic turning-point rather than merely biological occurrence.
Vamśānucarita: conception and relocation to Pātāla serve genealogical and realm-association functions for Asura lineages.
Pātāla signifies the Asura domain and hidden power-structures; moving the pregnant consort there can symbolize the ‘incubation’ of future forces away from the Deva-world’s visibility.