अरिष्टदैत्यः केशी च वृकासुरबकासुरौ । शकटासुरो महासुर स्तृणावर्तश्च धेनुकः
ariṣṭadaityaḥ keśī ca vṛkāsurabakāsurau | śakaṭāsuro mahāsura stṛṇāvartaśca dhenukaḥ
ଅରିଷ୍ଟ ଦୈତ୍ୟ, କେଶୀ, ବୃକାସୁର ଓ ବକାସୁର; ଶକଟାସୁର ନାମକ ମହାସୁର, ଏବଂ ତୃଣାବର୍ତ୍ତ ଓ ଧେନୁକ—ଏମାନେ।
Narrator/Questioner within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya (continuing enumeration)
Tirtha: Vraja-maṇḍala (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A rapid-fire litany of defeated asuras—Ariṣṭa, Keśī, Vṛkāsura, Bakāsura, Śakaṭa, Tṛṇāvarta, Dhenuka—evoked as a montage of battles and rescues around pastoral Vraja.
Remembering the Lord’s victories over destructive forces strengthens faith that dharma is protected across ages.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse serves the Dharmāraṇya narrative by recalling divine acts.
None; it is a devotional/theological enumeration.
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