Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 49
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
ततो ऽब्रुवन् दैत्यभटा दितीशं प्रदह्यते ह्येष हुताशनेन रक्षस्व चाभ्येत्य न शक्यते ऽन्यैर्हुताशनो वारयितुं रणाग्रे
tato 'bruvan daityabhaṭā ditīśaṃ pradahyate hyeṣa hutāśanena rakṣasva cābhyetya na śakyate 'nyairhutāśano vārayituṃ raṇāgre
അപ്പോൾ ദൈത്യസൈനികർ ദിതിയുടെ അധിപനോട് പറഞ്ഞു— “ഇവൻ ഹുതാശനൻ (അഗ്നി) കൊണ്ട് ദഹിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. നിങ്ങൾ മുന്നോട്ട് വന്ന് രക്ഷിക്കണം; യുദ്ധത്തിന്റെ മുൻനിരയിൽ ഹുതാശനനെ മറ്റാർക്കും തടയാനാവില്ല.”
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FAQs
Divine energies (here Agni) are portrayed as qualitatively different from ordinary martial power. The appeal to the king underscores that adharma-driven collectives depend on hierarchical force, yet still meet limits before cosmic principles.
Carita/Vamśānucarita-style narrative material (accounts of conflicts and notable events), not directly sarga/pratisarga, and not a manvantara catalogue in this excerpt.
Hutāśana symbolizes purifying, consuming truth—fire that reveals and destroys impurity. In Purāṇic idiom, ‘uncheckable fire’ often signals the inevitability of dharma’s corrective force.