Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 65
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
ततो निवारितो यक्षैर्हयारिर्मदनातुरः निपपात सरो दिव्यं ततो दैत्यैऽभवन्मृतः
tato nivārito yakṣairhayārirmadanāturaḥ nipapāta saro divyaṃ tato daityai'bhavanmṛtaḥ
ਫਿਰ ਯਕਸ਼ਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਰੋਕਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਉਨਮਾਦ ਨਾਲ ਪੀੜਤ ਹਯਾਰੀ ਦਿਵ੍ਯ ਸਰੋਵਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਡਿੱਗ ਪਿਆ; ਉੱਥੇ ਹੀ ਉਸ ਦੈਤ੍ਯ ਨੇ ਮੌਤ ਪਾਈ।
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FAQs
Uncontrolled mada (frenzy, intoxication, pride) precipitates downfall; sacred spaces become arenas where adharma culminates in self-destruction, underscoring restraint and dharma.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative (accounts of beings and events) within a Tīrtha-māhātmya frame; not sarga/pratisarga but episodic exemplum tied to place-sanctity.
The 'divine lake' functions as a moral boundary: when approached with violence and delusion, it becomes a threshold of death rather than purification—highlighting that tīrtha-phala depends on inner disposition.