Vamana Purana — Chanda & Munda Discover Katyayani, Shloka 4
Chanda and Munda Discover Katyayani; Mahishasura’s Proposal and the Vishnu-Panjara Protection
जितास्तया तोयधरालकैर्हि जितः शशङ्को वदनेन तन्व्या नेत्रैस्त्रिभिस्त्रीणि हुताशनानि जितानि कण्ठेन जितस्तु शङ्खः
jitāstayā toyadharālakairhi jitaḥ śaśaṅko vadanena tanvyā netraistribhistrīṇi hutāśanāni jitāni kaṇṭhena jitastu śaṅkhaḥ
तस्याः तोयधरालकैः मेघा जिताः; तन्व्याः वदनेन शशाङ्को जितः। तस्याः त्रिनेत्रैः त्रयः हुताशनाः अतिशयेन पराजिताः; कण्ठेन तु शङ्खोऽपि जितः।
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FAQs
The verse functions primarily as kāvya (poetic) praise rather than direct dharma-instruction; implicitly it showcases the Purāṇic tendency to encode auspicious symbols (moon, fires, conch) into devotional or aesthetic admiration, reminding the listener that worldly beauty is described through cosmic comparanda.
This is best classified as ancillary narrative ornamentation within Vamśānucarita/Carita-style storytelling (not a core sarga/pratisarga cosmology unit). It does not directly present creation, dissolution, or dynastic genealogy; it embellishes a character episode.
Moon/Cloud/Fire/Conch are standard purity-and-splendor benchmarks. ‘Three fires’ can recall the gārhapatya–āhavanīya–dakṣiṇa triad, suggesting her gaze outshines ritual sanctity itself; the conch (śaṅkha) evokes auspicious resonance and purity, now poetically ‘surpassed’ by her throat/voice-bearing region.