Shloka 46
महाकाष्ठचयच्छन्नम् असुरेन्द्रसुतं ततः प्रज्वाल्य दानवा वह्निं ददहुः स्वामिचोदिताः
mahākāṣṭhacayacchannam asurendrasutaṃ tataḥ prajvālya dānavā vahniṃ dadahuḥ svāmicoditāḥ
अथ स्वामिनोऽनुशासनात् दानवाः असुरेन्द्रसुतं महाकाष्ठचयेनाच्छाद्य वह्निं प्रज्वाल्य तत्रैव ददाहुः।
Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya
Phase: Persecution
Bhakti Quality: Steadfast, fearless ekānta-bhakti that remains unshaken under torture
Persecution: Fire
FAQs
It highlights coerced collective action under demonic sovereignty—violence carried out as obedience—often contrasted in the Purana with dharmic rule aligned to Vishnu’s cosmic order.
Through concise narrative causality: Asuric power is shown as command-driven and destructive, setting up the Purana’s broader contrast between adharma-based dominion and Vishnu-centered order.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the episode functions within a Vishnu Purana framework where unrighteous sovereignty is ultimately subordinate to Vishnu’s supreme governance of dharma and cosmic balance.