Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 42
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
पुरासुरवरौ रौद्रौ जगत्क्षोभकरावुभौ रम्भश्चैव करम्भश् च द्वावास्तां सुमाबलौ
purāsuravarau raudrau jagatkṣobhakarāvubhau rambhaścaiva karambhaś ca dvāvāstāṃ sumābalau
पुरा दैत्यवरौ रौद्रौ जगत्क्षोभकरावुभौ। रम्भश्च करम्भश्च द्वावास्तां सुमहाबलौ॥
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FAQs
When power (bala) is untethered from dharma, it becomes ‘jagat-kṣobha’—a force of social and cosmic destabilization. Purāṇas often present such figures to highlight the necessity of restraint, right order, and divine correction.
Vaṃśānucarita/anucarita: the narration begins the genealogy and exploits of asura figures whose line will lead into later conflicts resolved by divine intervention.
The pairing of two ‘foremost’ asuras emphasizes a recurring Purāṇic motif: adharma often appears as organized, compounded force (dual or collective), necessitating a correspondingly comprehensive divine response—here, anticipated as the Goddess’s manifestation.