Vamana Purana — Sukeshi's Inquiry into Dharma, Shloka 29
Sukeshi’s Inquiry into Dharma: The Seven Dvipas and the Twenty-One Hells
ततो दन्ती च शृङ्गाभ्यां प्रचिक्षेप तदाव्ययः ममर्द च तथा पद्भ्यां सवाहं सलिलेश्वराम्
tato dantī ca śṛṅgābhyāṃ pracikṣepa tadāvyayaḥ mamarda ca tathā padbhyāṃ savāhaṃ salileśvarām
అనంతరం దంతి తన దంతములు మరియు శృంగములతో అతనిని విసిరివేసెను. ఆ అవ్యయుడు తన పాదములతో వాహనముతో కూడిన జలాధిపతిని కూడా మర్దించెను.
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FAQs
The narrative intensifies to show how cosmic functionaries (like Varuṇa) can be assaulted in mythic time—yet such episodes typically serve to demonstrate that adharma’s surge is dramatic but unstable, and that the restoration of order requires more than battlefield prowess.
Vamśānucarita / Carita: a martial incident within the legendary-historical account of daityas and devas.
Varuṇa, ‘lord of waters,’ represents regulating order and moral restraint; trampling him ‘with his mount’ symbolizes a sweeping attempt to overturn governance at its roots (agent plus instrument). The odd pairing of ‘tusks and horns’ suggests either poetic intensification or a manuscript nuance—worth checking against other recensions/editions for variant readings.