Vamana Purana — Ritadhvaja Aids Galava, Shloka 14
Ritadhvaja’s Aid to Galava and Andhaka’s Infatuation with Gauri
हत्वा च दैत्यं नृपतेस्तनूजो लब्ध्वा वरोरूमपि संस्थितो ऽभूत् दृष्टो यथा देवपतिर्महेन्द्रः शच्या तथा राजसुतो मृगाक्ष्या
hatvā ca daityaṃ nṛpatestanūjo labdhvā varorūmapi saṃsthito 'bhūt dṛṣṭo yathā devapatirmahendraḥ śacyā tathā rājasuto mṛgākṣyā
At nang mapatay ang daitya, ang anak ng hari, matapos mabawi si Varorū, ay naitatag sa nararapat niyang kalagayan. Siya’y nakita—gaya ni Mahendra, panginoon ng mga diyos, na nakikitang kasama si Śacī—gayundin ang prinsipe kasama ang dalagang may matang gaya ng usa.
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FAQs
The simile elevates the human (or semi-divine) pair by aligning them with the paradigmatic royal couple of Svarga. It signals restored order: just as Indra’s rule is stabilized with Śacī at his side, the prince’s status is ‘re-established’ (saṃsthita) upon recovering Varorū.
In Purāṇic diction it can function as either. Literally it is an epithet (“excellent-thighed”), but in narrative flow it often behaves like a name for the abducted/recovered woman, especially when paired with another epithet like mṛgākṣī.
It implies more than physical survival: the prince returns to a settled condition—socially, politically, and emotionally—after removing the disruptive daitya and restoring the abducted woman, i.e., dharmic order is reconstituted.