Padma Purana · Chapter 2.24

sūta uvāca-
hataṃ śrutvā ditiḥ putraṃ subalaṃ balameva ca /
ruditaṃ karuṇaṃ kṛtvā hā hā kaṣṭaṃ bhṛśaṃ mama

evaṃ sukaruṇaṃ kṛtvā bahukālaṃ tapasvinī /
sā gatā kaśyapaṃ kāṃtaṃ tamuvāca yaśasvinī

tava putro mahāpāpa iṃdraḥ suragaṇeśvaraḥ /
sāgaropagataṃ dṛṣṭvā balaṃ me brahmalakṣaṇam

vajreṇa ghātayāmāsa saṃdhyāmāsyaṃtameva hi /
evaṃ śrutvā tataḥ kruddho marīcitanayastadā

krodhena mahatāviṣṭaḥ prajajvāleva vahninā /
avaluṃcya jaṭāmekāṃ śucyagnau sa dvijottamaḥ

iṃdrasyaiva vadhārthāya putramutpādayāmyaham /
tasmātkuṃḍātsamutpanno hutāśanamukhādapi

kṛṣṇāṃjanacayopetaḥ piṃgākṣo bhīṣaṇākṛtiḥ /
daṃṣṭrākarālavaktrāṃto jagatāṃ bhayadāyakaḥ

mahācarvariko ghoraḥ khaḍgacarmadharastathā /
sarvāṃgatejasā dīpto mahāmeghopamo balī

uvāca kaśyapaṃ vipramādeśo mama dīyatām /
kasmādutpādito vipra bhavatā kāraṇaṃ vada

tamahaṃ sādhayiṣyāmi prasādāttava suvrata /
kaśyapa uvāca-
asyā manorathaṃ putra pūrayasva mamaiva hi

adityāstvaṃ mahāprājña jahi iṃdraṃ durātmakam /
nihate devarāje hi aiṃdraṃ padaṃ prabhuṃkṣva ca

evaṃ tena samādiṣṭaḥ kaśyapena mahātmanā /
vṛtrastu udyamaṃ cakre tasyeṃdrasya vadhāya ca

dhanurvedasya cābhyāsaṃ sa cakre pauruṣānvitaḥ /
balaṃ vīryaṃ tathā kṣātraṃ tejo dhairyasamanvitam

dṛṣṭvā hi tasya daityasya sahasrākṣo bhayāturaḥ /
upāyaṃ ciṃtitaṃ tasya vṛtrasyāpi durātmanaḥ

vadhārthaṃ devadevena samāhūya mahāmunīn /
saptarṣīnpreṣayāmāsa vṛtraṃ daityeśvaraṃ prati

bhavaṃtastatra gacchaṃtu yatra vṛtraḥ sa tiṣṭhati /
saṃdhiṃ kurvaṃtu vai tena sārddhaṃ mama munīśvarāḥ

evaṃ tena samādiṣṭā munayaḥ sapta te tadā /
vṛtrāsuraṃ tataḥ procuḥ sahasrākṣa pracālitāḥ

sakhyaṃ kartuṃ prayacchetsa kriyatāṃ daityasattama /
ṛṣayaḥ saptatattvajñā ūcurvṛtraṃ mahābalam

sahasrākṣo mahāprājño bhavatā saha sattama /
maitramicchati vai kartuṃ tatkathaṃ na karoṣi kim

ardhamaiṃdraṃ padaṃ vīra satvaṃ bhuṃkṣva sukhena vai /
vartaṃtvarddhena iṃdrastu asurā devatāstathā

sukhaṃ vartaṃtu te sarve vairaṃ caiva visṛjya vai /
vṛtra uvāca-
yadi satyena deveṃdro maitramicchati sattamaḥ

satyamāśritya caivāhaṃ kariṣye nātra saṃśayaḥ /
chadma caivaṃ puraskṛtya iṃdro drohaṃ samācaret

tadā kiṃ kriyate viprā ityarthe pratyayaṃ hi kim /
ṛṣayastviṃdramācakhyurityarthaṃ pratyayaṃ vada

tannastvaṃ satyatāṃ brūhi yadi sakhyamihecchasi /
iṃdra uvāca-
yadya'satyena vartāmi bhavadbhiḥ saha chadmanā

brahmahatyādikaiḥ pāpairlipyehaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ /
chadma caivaṃ puraskṛtya iṃdro drohaṃ samācaret

brahmahatyādikaiḥ pāpairlipyehaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ /
ityuvāca mahāprājña tvāmevaṃ sa puraṃdaraḥ

etena pratyayenāpi sakhyaṃ kuru mahāmate /
vṛtra uvāca-
bhavatāṃ śiṣṭamārgeṇa satyenānena tasya ca

maitramevaṃ kariṣyāmi tena sārddhaṃ dvijottamāḥ /
vṛtramiṃdrasyasaṃsthānaṃ nītaṃ brāhmaṇapuṅgavaiḥ

indrastamāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛtraṃ mitrārthamudyataḥ /
siṃhāsanātsamutthāya arghamādāya satvaraḥ

dadau tasmai sa dharmātmā vṛtrāya dvijasattama /
ardhaṃ bhuṃkṣva mahāprājña aiṃdrametanmahatpadam

vartitavyaṃ sukhenāpi āvābhyāṃ daityasattama /
evaṃ viśvāsayandaityaṃ vṛtra maitreṇa vai tadā

gateṣu teṣu vipreṣu svasthānaṃ dvijasattama /
chidraṃ paśyati duṣṭātmā vṛtrasyāpi sadaiva hi

sāvadhānatvamiṃdropi divārātrau praciṃtayet /
tasyacchidraṃ na paśyeta vṛtrasyāpi mahātmanaḥ

upāyaṃ ciṃtayāmāsa tasyaiva vadhahetave /
raṃbhā saṃpreṣitā tena mohayasva mahāsuram

yenakenāpyupāyena yathā hatvā labhe sukham /
tathā kuruṣva kalyāṇi saṃmohāya suradviṣaḥ

vanaṃ puṇyaṃ mahādivyaṃ puṇyapādapasevitam /
bahuvṛkṣaphalopetaṃ mṛgapakṣisamākulam

vimānamaṃdirairdivyaiḥ sarvatra pariśobhitam /
divyagaṃdharvasaṃgītaṃ bhramarākulitaṃ sadā

kokilānāṃ rutaiḥ puṇyaiḥ sarvatra madhurāyataiḥ /
śikhisāraṃganādaiśca sarvatra susamākulam

divyaistu caṃdanairvṛkṣaiḥ sarvatra samalaṃkṛtam /
vāpīkuṃḍataḍāgaiśca jalapūrṇairmanoharaiḥ

kamalaiḥ śatapatraiśca puṣpitaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam /
devagaṃdharvasaṃsiddhaiścāraṇaiścaiva kinnaraiḥ

munibhiḥ śuśubhe divyairdivyodyānavareṇa ca /
apsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ nānākautukamaṃgalaiḥ

hemaprāsādasaṃbādhaṃ daṃḍacchatraiśca cāmaraiḥ /
kalaśaiśca patākābhiḥ sarvatrasamalaṃkṛtam

vedadhvanisamākīrṇaṃ gītadhvanisamākulam /
evaṃ naṃdanamāsādya sā raṃbhā cāruhāsinī

apsarobhiḥ samaṃ tatra krīḍatyevaṃ vilāsinī /
sūta uvāca-
ekadā tu sa vṛtro vai kālākṛṣṭo gato vanam

katibhirdānavaiḥ sārddhaṃ mudayā parayā yutaḥ /
alakṣye bhramate pārśvaṃ tasyaiva ca mahātmanaḥ

devarājopi vipreṃdraśchidrānveṣī dviṣāṃ kila /
sa hi vṛtro mahāprājño viśvastaḥ sarvakarmasu

iṃdraṃ mitraṃ paraṃ jānanbhayaṃ cakre na tasya saḥ /
bhramamāṇo vanaṃ paśyetsarvatra paramaṃ śubham

suramyaṃ kautukavanaṃ vanitāgaṇasaṃkulam /
caṃdanasyāpi vṛkṣasya chāyāṃ śītāṃ supuṇyadām

samāśritya viśālākṣī raṃbhā tatra pradīvyati /
sakhībhistu mahābhāgā dolārūḍhā yaśasvinī

gāyate susvaraṃ gītaṃ sarvaviśvapramohanam /
tatra vṛtraḥ samāyātaḥ kāmākulitamānasaḥ

dolārūḍhāṃ samālokya raṃbhāṃ cārusulocanām

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ bhūmikhaṃḍe vṛtravaṃcanaṃnāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ