Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 51
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
श्रुत्वान्धकस्यापि वचो ऽव्ययात्मा संक्रुद्धचित्तस्त्वरितो हि दैत्यम् उत्पाट्य भूम्यां च विनिष्पिपेष ततो ऽन्धकः पावकमाससाद
śrutvāndhakasyāpi vaco 'vyayātmā saṃkruddhacittastvarito hi daityam utpāṭya bhūmyāṃ ca viniṣpipeṣa tato 'ndhakaḥ pāvakamāsasāda
अंधकाचेही वचन ऐकून अव्यय आत्मा (अग्नी) क्रोधाने संतप्त झाला; त्याने त्वरेने त्या दैत्याला उपटून जमिनीवर आपटून चुरडून टाकले. मग अंधक पावक (अग्निदेव) कडे गेला.
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FAQs
Prideful provocation culminates in immediate karmic consequence; the demon’s turn toward Agni suggests a pattern of seeking external power or protection after moral failure rather than inner restraint.
Vamśānucarita / narrative of divine and demonic lineages and their conflicts (a heroic-episode strand rather than sarga/pratisarga cosmology).
The crushing of Andhaka signifies the subduing of tamas-driven arrogance; his resort to Fire (Agni) symbolizes seeking purification/power through a cosmic principle, yet still within the battlefield of unrighteous intent.