Shloka 73
Narasiṃha’s Greatness and the Slaying of Hiraṇyakaśipu
Boon, Portents, and Cosmic Restoration
प्रह्लादो विप्रचित्तिश्च गविष्ठश्च महासुरः । सुरहन्ता दुःखकर्ता समनास्सुमतिस्तथा
prahlādo vipracittiśca gaviṣṭhaśca mahāsuraḥ | surahantā duḥkhakartā samanāssumatistathā
Naroon sina Prahlāda, Vipracitti, at Gaviṣṭha—ang dakilang asura—kasama sina Surahantā, Duḥkhakartā, at gayundin sina Samanā at Sumati.
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Adhyaya 45).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: विप्रचित्तिः + च → विप्रचित्तिश्च; गविष्ठः + च → गविष्ठश्च; समनाः + सुमतिः → समनास्सुमतिः (s + s gemination).
FAQs
The verse only lists the name “Prahlāda” among asura figures; without the surrounding context of Adhyaya 45, it cannot be confirmed whether it refers to the celebrated bhakta Prahlāda or another figure sharing the name.
Such verses commonly function as catalogues of beings (often genealogical or factional lists), preserving Puranic memory of lineages and groups that appear across creation-era narratives.
The epithets “surahantā” (slayer of devas) and “duḥkhakartā” (maker of suffering) frame these figures as adversarial forces, typical of Puranic moral cosmology contrasting dharmic and adharmic tendencies.