Vamana Purana · Chapter 10

itī śrīvāmanapurāṇe navamo 'dhyāyaḥ
pulastya uvāca /
tataḥ pravṛtte saṃgrāme bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhane /
sahasrakṣo mahācāpamādāya vyasṛjaccharān

andhako 'pi mahāvegaṃ dhanurākṛṣya bhāsvaram /
purandarāya cikṣepa śarān barhiṇavāsasaḥ

tāvanyonyaṃ sutīkṣṇāgraiḥ śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ /
rukmapuṅkhairmahāvegairājaghnaturubhāvapi

cacaḥ kruddhūḥ śatamakhaḥ kuliśaṃ bhrāmya pāṇinā /
cikṣepa daityarājāya taṃ dadarśa tathāndhakaḥ

ājaghāna ca bāṇaughairastraiḥ sa nārada /
tān bhasmasāttadā cakre nagāniva hutāśanaḥ

tato 'tiveginaṃ vajraṃ dṛṣṭvā balavatāṃ varaḥ /
samāplutya rathāttasthau bhuvi bāhu sahāyavān

rathaṃ sārathinā sārdhaṃ sāśvadhvajasakūbam /
bhasma kṛtvātha kuliśamandhakaṃ samupāyayau

tamāpatantaṃ vegena muṣṭināhatya bhūtale /
pātayāmāsa balavān jagarja ca tadāndhakaḥ

taṃ garjamānaṃ vīkṣyātha vāsavaḥ sāyakairdṛḍham /
vavarṣa tān vārayan sa samabhyāyācchatakratum

ājaghāna talenebhaṃ kumbhamadhye padā kare /
jānunā ca samāhatya viṣāṇaṃ prababhañja ca / /
10.10 vāmamuṣṭyā tathā pārśvaṃ samāhatyāndhakastvaran /
gajendraṃ pātayāmāsa prahārairjarjarīkṛtam

gajendrāt patamānācca avaplutya śatakratuḥ /
pāṇinā vajramādāya praviveśāmarāvatīm

paraṅmukhe sahasrākṣe tadā daivatabalaṃ mahat /
pātayāmā dratyendraḥ pādamuṣṭitalādibhiḥ

tato vaivasvato daṇḍaṃ paribhrāmya dvijottama /
samabhyadhāvat prahlādaṃ hantukāmaḥ surottamaḥ

tamāpatantaṃ bāṇaighairvavarṣaṃ ravinandanam /
hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putraś cāpamānamya vegavān

tāṃ bāṇavṛṣṭimatulāṃ daṇḍenāhatya bhāskariḥ /
śātayitvā pracikṣepa daṇḍaṃ lokabhayaṅkaram

sa vāyupathamāsthāya dharmarājakare sthitaḥ /
jajvāla kālagninibho yadvad dagdhuṃ jagattrayam

jājvalyamānāmāyāntaṃ daṇḍaṃ dṛṣṭvā diteḥ sutāḥ /
prākrośanti hataḥ kaṣṭaṃ prahlādo 'yaṃ yamena hi

tamākranditamākarṇya hiraṇyākṣasuto 'ndhakaḥ /
provāca mā bhaiṣṭaca mayi sthite ko 'yaṃ surādhamaḥ

ityevasuktvā vacanaṃ vegenābisasāra ca/ jagrāha pāṇinā daṇeḍaṃ hasan savyena nārada

tamādāya tato vegād bhrāmayāmāsa cāndhakaḥ /
jagarja ca mahānādaṃ yathā prāvṛṣi toyadaḥ

prahlādaṃ rakṣitaṃ dṛṣṭvā daṇḍād daityeśvareṇa hi /
sādhuvādaṃ dadurhṛṣṭā daityadānavayūthapāḥ

bhrāmayantaṃ mahādaṇḍaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhānusuto mune /
duḥsahaṃ durdharaṃ matvā antardhānamagād yamaḥ

antarhite dharmarāje prahlādo 'pi mahāmune /
dārayāmāsa balavān devasainyaṃ samantataḥ

varuṇaḥ śiśumārastho baddhvā pāśairmahāsurān /
gadayā dārayāmāsa tamabhyāgād virocanaḥ

tomarairvajrasaṃsparśaiḥ śaktibhirmārgaṇairapi /
jaleśaṃ tāḍayāmāsa mudgaraiḥ kaṇapairapi

tatastaṃ gadayābhyetya pātayitvā dharātale /
abhidrutya babandhātha pāśairmattagajaṃ balī

tān pāśāñśatadhā cakre vegācca danujeśvaraḥ /
varuṇaṃ ca samabhyetya madhye jagrāha nārada

tato dantī ca śṛṅgābhyāṃ pracikṣepa tadāvyayaḥ /
mamarda ca tathā padbhyāṃ savāhaṃ salileśvarām

taṃ mardyamānaṃ vīkṣyātha śaśāṅkaḥ śiśirāśumān /
abhyetya tāḍayāmāsa mārgaṇaiḥ kāyadāraṇaiḥ

sa tāḍyamānaḥ śiśirāṃśubāṇairavāpa pīḍāṃ paramāṃ gajendraḥ /
duṣṭaśca vegāt payasāmadhīśaṃ muhurmuhuḥ pādatalairmamarda

sa mṛdyamāno varuṇo gajendraṃ padbhyāṃ sugāḍhaṃ jagṛhe maharṣe /
pādeṣu bhūmiṃ karayoḥ spṛśaṃśca mūrddhānamullālya balānmahātmā

gṛhyāṅgulībhiśca gajasya pucchaṃ kṛtveha bandhaṃ bhujageśvareṇa /
utpāṭya cikṣepa virocanaṃ hi sakuñjaraṃ khe saniyantṛvāham

kṣipto jaleśena virocanastu sakuñjaro bhūmitale papāta /
sāṭṭaṃ sanyatrārgalaharmyabhūmi puraṃ sukeśeriva bhaskareṇa

tato jaleśaḥ sagadaḥ sapāśaḥ sambhyadhāvad ditijaṃ nihantum /
tataḥ samākrandamanuttamaṃ hi muktaṃ tu daityairghanarāvatulyam

hā hā hato 'sau varuṇena vīro virocano dānavasainyapālaḥ /
prahlāda he jambhakujambhakādyā rakṣadhvamabhyetya sahāndhakena

aho mahātmā balavāñjaleśaḥ saṃcūrṇayan daityabhaṭaṃ savāham /
pāśena baddhvā gadayā nihanti yathā paśuṃ vājimakhe mahendraḥ

śrutatvātha śabdaṃ ditijaiḥ samīritaṃ jambhapradhānā ditijeśvarāstataḥ /
samabhyadhāvaṃstvaritā jaleśvaraṃ yathā pataṅgā jvalitaṃ hutāśanam

tānāgatān vai prasamīkṣya devaḥ prāhlādisutsṛjya vitatya pāśam /
gadāṃ samudbhrāmya jaleśvarastu dudrāva tān jambhamukhānarātīn

jambhaṃ ca pāśena tathā nihatya tāraṃ talenāśanisaṃnibhena /
pādena vṛtraṃ tarasā kujambhaṃ nipātayāmāsa balaṃ ca muṣṭyā

tenārditā devavareṇa daityāḥ saṃprādravan dikṣu vimuktaśastrāḥ /
tato 'ndhakaḥ satvarito 'bhyupeyād raṇāya yoddhuṃ jalanāyakena

tamāpatantaṃ gadayā jaghāna pāśena baddhvā paruṇo 'sureśam /
taṃ pāśamāvidhya gadāṃ pragṛhya cikṣepa daityaḥ sa ca jaleśvarāya

tamāpatantaṃ prasamīkṣya pāśaṃ gadāṃ ca dākṣāyaṇinandanastu /
viveśa vegāt payasāṃ nidhānaṃ tato 'ndhako devabalaṃ mamarda

tato hutāśaḥ suraśatrusainyaṃ dadāha roṣāt pavanāvadhūtaḥ /
tamabhyayād dānavaviśvakarmā mayo mahābāhurudagravīryaḥ

tamāpatantaṃ saha śambareṇa samīkṣya vahniḥ pavanena sārdham /
śaktyā mayaṃ śambarametya kaṇṭhe saṃtāḍya jagrāha balānmaharṣe

śaktyā sa kāyāvaraṇe vidārite saṃbhinnadeho nyapatat pṛthivyām /
mayaḥ prajajvāla ca śamvaro 'pi kaṇṭhāvalagne jvalane pradīpte

sa dahyamāno ditijo 'gninātha suvisvaraṃ ghorataraṃ rurāva /
siṃhābhipanno vipine yathaiva matto gajaḥ krandati vedanārttaḥ

taṃ śabdamākarṇya ca śambarasya daityeśvaraḥ krodhaviraktadṛṣṭiḥ /
āḥ kiṃ kimetannanu kena yuddhe jito mayaḥ śambaradānavaśca

tato 'bruvan daityabhaṭā ditīśaṃ pradahyate hyeṣa hutāśanena /
rakṣasva cābhyetya na śakyate 'nyairhutāśano vārayituṃ raṇāgre

itthaṃ sa daityairabhinoditastu hiraṇyacakṣustanayo maharṣe /
udyamya vegāt parighaṃ hutāśaṃ samādravat tiṣṭha tiṣṭha bruvan hi

śrutvāndhakasyāpi vaco 'vyayātmā saṃkruddhacittastvarito hi daityam /
utpāṭya bhūmyāṃ ca viniṣpipeṣa tato 'ndhakaḥ pāvakamāsasāda

samājaghānātha hutāśanaṃ hi varayudhenātha varāṅgamadhye /
samāhato 'gniḥ parimucya śambaraṃ tathāndhakaṃ sa tvarito 'bhyadhāvat

tamāpatantaṃ parigheṇa bhūyaḥ samāhananmūrdhni tadāndhako 'pi /
sa tāḍito 'gnirditijeśvareṇa bhayāt pradudrāva raṇājirādvi

tato 'ndhako mārutacandrabhāskarān sādhyān sarudrāśvivasūn mahoragān /
yān yāñśareṇa spṛśate parākramī parāṅmukhāṃstānkṛtavān raṇājirāt

tato vijityāmarasainyasugraṃ sendraṃ sarudraṃ sayamaṃ sasomam /
saṃpūjyamāno danupuṅgavaistu tadāndhako bhūmimupājagāma

āsādya bhūmiṃ karadān narendrān kṛtvā vaśe sthāpya carācaraṃ ca/ jagatsamagraṃ praviveśa dhīmān pātālamagryaṃ puramaśmakāhvam

tatra sthitasyāpi mahāsurasya gandharvavidyādharasiddhasaṃghāḥ /
sahāpsarobhiḥ paricāraṇāya pātālamabhyetya samāvasanta