Vamana Purana — Ritadhvaja Aids Galava, Shloka 13
Ritadhvaja’s Aid to Galava and Andhaka’s Infatuation with Gauri
तां नन्दने देवरिपुस्तरस्वी संक्रीडतीं रूपवतीं ददर्श पातालकेतुस्तु जहार तन्वीं तस्यार्थतः सो ऽश्ववरः प्रदत्तः
tāṃ nandane devaripustarasvī saṃkrīḍatīṃ rūpavatīṃ dadarśa pātālaketustu jahāra tanvīṃ tasyārthataḥ so 'śvavaraḥ pradattaḥ
在难陀那（Nandana），即因陀罗的欢喜园中，那位迅捷的天敌看见一位美丽纤细的少女嬉戏其间。然而，帕塔拉凯图（Pātālaketu）掳走了那柔弱的佳人；正为此事，那匹上等骏马才赐予了他。
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FAQs
The phrase devaripu is a stock epithet for an asura/daitya antagonist; here it points to the abducting party (or his faction). The “excellent horse” (aśvavara) is presented as a purposeful boon or provision—an enabling instrument for the abduction—highlighting asura reliance on speed, stealth, and granted powers rather than open battle.
Nandana is not merely a garden; it is a marker of Indra’s sovereign space in Svarga. An abduction occurring there signals a breach of divine order and prestige, escalating the offense from personal wrongdoing to a cosmic-political affront against the devas.
Yes. Purāṇic names often encode affiliation: “Pātāla-ketu” suggests a netherworld (Pātāla) association—either origin, allegiance, or symbolic ‘banner’ of the subterranean asura realm—linking the episode to the vertical cosmography (Svarga vs. Pātāla).