Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 62
Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)
नारायण उवाच एवं भविष्यत्यसुर वरमन्यं यमिच्छसि तं वृणीष्व महाबाहो प्रदास्याम्यविचारयन्
nārāyaṇa uvāca evaṃ bhaviṣyatyasura varamanyaṃ yamicchasi taṃ vṛṇīṣva mahābāho pradāsyāmyavicārayan
नारायण उवाच—एवं भविष्यति, असुर। वरमन्यं यमिच्छसि तं वृणीष्व, महाबाहो; प्रदास्याम्यविचारयन्।
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FAQs
Divine grace responds to steadfast devotion: the Lord not only fulfills a prior assurance (“so shall it be”) but also invites the devotee to ask further, granting without hesitation—highlighting the generosity of īśvara toward bhaktas irrespective of birth (even an Asura lineage).
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of exalted figures) within the broader Daitya–Deva cycle; it is not cosmogenesis (sarga/pratisarga) but an episode illustrating dharma and divine favor through character-history.
The epithet “mahābāhu” and the phrase “avicārayan” symbolize that spiritual worth is measured by devotion and surrender, not by factional identity; the Lord’s boon-bestowal functions as a seal of bhakti’s supremacy over mere power or conquest.