Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 34
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
क्षिप्तो जलेशेन विरोचनस्तु सकुञ्जरो भूमितले पपात साट्टं सन्यत्रार्गलहर्म्यभूमि पुरं सुकेशेरिव भस्करेण
kṣipto jaleśena virocanastu sakuñjaro bhūmitale papāta sāṭṭaṃ sanyatrārgalaharmyabhūmi puraṃ sukeśeriva bhaskareṇa
जलेशाने फेकल्यामुळे विरोचन हत्तीसह भूमीवर पडला; तो अट्टालिका, प्रासाद व भूमीवर असा आघात करू लागला की जणू सुकेशाच्या पुरात सूर्य प्रज्वलित होऊन कड्या-आर्गळा फोडीत आहे।
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FAQs
Purāṇic combat often teaches that arrogance and aggression meet proportional resistance: the same force that elevates (being flung into the sky) can precipitate a catastrophic fall, underscoring the necessity of dharma-guided power.
Narrative history (Vamśānucarita) and Manvantara-style heroic conflict motifs: exemplary episodes of Deva–Asura struggle used to frame cosmic order and its restoration.
The solar simile (bhāskara) conveys irresistible, law-like force: just as the sun’s heat ‘breaks’ constraints, divine/elemental authority (here Jaleśa/Varuṇa) breaks the imposed disorder of the Daitya’s violence.