Vamana Purana — Shukra's Samjivani, Shloka 107
Shukra’s Saṃjīvanī, Shiva’s Containment of the Asuras, and Indra’s Recovery of Power
मुक्त्वा देवं गदापाणिं विमानस्थं च पद्मजम् शक्रमेवाद्रवद् योद्धुं मुष्टिमुद्याम्य नारद बलवान् दानवपतिरजेयो देवदानवै
muktvā devaṃ gadāpāṇiṃ vimānasthaṃ ca padmajam śakramevādravad yoddhuṃ muṣṭimudyāmya nārada balavān dānavapatirajeyo devadānavai
ഓ നാരദാ, ഗദാപാണിയായ ദേവനെയും വിമാനസ്ഥനായ പദ്മജൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) നെയും വിട്ടുവെച്ച്, ദേവന്മാരാലും ദാനവന്മാരാലും ജയിക്കപ്പെടാത്ത ആ ബലവാൻ ദാനവപതി മുഷ്ടി ഉയർത്തി ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) നോടു യുദ്ധിക്കാൻ പാഞ്ഞു.
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FAQs
In the Vāmana-cycle battle setting, “dānavapati” most naturally points to Bali, the Dānava/Asura sovereign. The verse frames him as extraordinarily powerful, even “unconquerable,” to heighten the drama before Indra’s counteraction.
Their mention functions as a narrative marker: the Dānava king disregards even higher cosmic authorities and targets Indra directly. It also signals that the conflict is not merely political but cosmically significant, occurring under the gaze/presence of major deities.
No. Despite the Purāṇa’s strong geographic/tīrtha orientation elsewhere, this śloka is purely martial narrative and contains no named sacred places or natural features.