Vamana Purana · Chapter 8

iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ
pulastya uvāca /
śārṅgapāṇinamāyāntaṃ dṛṣṭvāgre dānaveśvaraḥ /
paribhrāmya gadāṃ vegāt mūrdhni sādhyamatāḍayat

tāḍitasyātha gadayā dharmaputrasya nārada /
netrābhyāmapatad vāri vahnivarṣanibhaṃ bhuvi

mūrdhni nārāyaṇasyāpi sā gadā dānavārpitā /
jagāma śatadhā brahmañśailaśṛṅge yathāśaniḥ

tato nivṛtya daityendraḥ samāsthāya rathaṃ drutam /
ādāya kārmukaṃ vīrastūṇad bāṇaṃ samādade

ānamya cāpaṃ vegena gārddhūpatrāñsilīmukhān /
mumoca sādhyāya tadā krodhandhakāritānanaḥ

tānāpatata evāśu bāṇāṃścandrārddhasannibhān /
ciccheda bāṇairaparairnirbibheda ca dānavam

tato nārāyaṇaṃ daityo daityaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ śaraiḥ /
āvidhyetāṃ tadānyonyaṃ marmabhidbhirajihyagaiḥ

tato 'mbare saṃnipāto devānāmabhavanmune /
didṛkṣūṇāṃ tadā yuddhaṃ laghu citraṃ ca suṣṭhu ca

tataḥ surāṇāṃ dundubhyas tvavādyanta mahāsvanāḥ /
puṣpavarṣamanaupamyaṃ mumucuḥ sādhyadaityayauḥ

tataḥ paśyatsu deveṣu gaganastheṣu tāvubhau /
ayudhyetāṃ maheṣvāsau prekṣakaprītivarddhanam

babandhatustadākāśaṃ tāvubhau śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ /
diśaśca vidiśaścaiva chādayetāṃ śarotkaraiḥ

tato nārāyaṇaścāpaṃ samākṛṣya mahāmune /
bibheda mārgaṇaistīkṣṇaiḥ prahlādaṃ sarvamarmasu

tathā daityeśvaraḥ kruddhaścāpamānamya vegavān /
bibheda hṛdaye bāhvorvadane ca narottamam

tato 'syato daityapateḥ kārmukaṃ muṣṭibandhanāt /
cicchedaikena bāṇena candrārdhākāravarcasā

apāsyata dhanuśchinnaṃ cāpamādāya cāparam /
adhijyaṃ lāghavāt kṛtvā vavarṣa niśitāñśarān

tānapyasya śarān sādhyaśchittvā bāṇairavārayat /
kārmukaṃ ca kṣurapreṇa ciccheda puruṣottamaḥ

chinnaṃ chinnaṃ dhanurdaityastvanyadanyatsamādade /
samādattaṃ tadā sādhyo mune ciccheda lāghavāt

saṃchinneṣvatha cāpeṣu jagrāha ditijeśvaraḥ /
parighaṃ dāruṇāṃ dīrghaṃ sarvalohamayaṃ dṛḍham

parigṛhyātha parighaṃ bhrāmayāmāsa dānavaḥ /
bhrāmyamāṇaṃ sa ciccheda nārācena mahāmuniḥ

chinne tu parighe śrīmān prahlādo dānaveśvaraḥ /
mudgaraṃ bhrāmya vegena pracikṣepa narāgraje

tamāpatantaṃ balavān mārgaṇairdaśabhirmune /
ciccheda daśadhā sādhyaḥ sa chinno nyapatad bhuvi

mudgare vitathe jāte prāsamāvidhya vegavān /
pracikṣepa narāgryāya taṃ ca ciccheda dharmajaḥ

prāse chinne tato daityaḥ śaktimādāya cikṣipe /
tāṃ ca ciccheda balavān kṣurapreṇa mahātapāḥ

chinneṣu teṣu śastreṣu dānavo 'nyanmahaddhanuḥ /
samādāya tato bāṇairavatastāra nārada

tato nārāyaṇo devo daityanāthaṃ jagadguruḥ /
nārācena jaghānātha hṛdaye suratāpasaḥ

saṃbhinnihṛdayo brahman devenādbhutakarmaṇā /
nipapāta rathopasthe tamapovāha sārathiḥ

sa saṃjñāṃ sucireṇaiva pratilabhya ditīśvaraḥ /
sudṛḍhaṃ cāpamādāya bhūyo yoddhamupāgataḥ

tamāgataṃ saṃnirīkṣya pratyuvāca narāgrajaḥ /
gaccha daityendra yotsyāmaḥ prātastvāhnikamācara

evamukto ditīśastu sādhyenādbhutakarmaṇā /
jagāma naimiṣāraṇyaṃ kriyāṃ cakre tadā'hnikīm

evaṃ yudhyati deve ca prahlādo hyasuro mune /
rātrau cintayate yuddhe kathaṃ jeṣyāmi dāmbhikam

evaṃ nārāyaṇenāsau sahāyudhyata nārada /
divyaṃ varṣasasraṃ tu daityo devaṃ na cājayat

tato varṣasahasrānte hyajite puruṣottame /
pītavāsasamabhyetya dānavo vākyamabravīt

kimarthaṃ devadeveśa sādhyaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim /
vijetuṃ nādya śaknomi etanme kāraṇaṃ vada

pītavāsā uvāca /
durjayo 'sau mahābāhustvayā prahlāda dharmajaḥ /
sādhyo vipravaro dhīmān mṛdhe devāsurairapi

prahlāda uvāca /
yadyasau durjayo deva mayā sādhyo raṇājire /
tatkathaṃ yatpratijñātaṃ tadasatyaṃ bhaviṣyati

hīnapratijño deveśa kathaṃ jīveta mādṛśaḥ /
tasmāttavāgrato viṣṇo kariṣye kāyaśodhanam

pulstya uvāca /
ityevamuktvā vacanaṃ devāgre dānaveśvaraḥ /
śiraḥsnātastadā tasthau gṛṇan brahma sanātanam

tato daityapatiṃ viṣṇuṃ pītavāsābravīdvacaḥ /
gaccha jeṣyasi bhaktyā taṃ na yuddhena kathañcana

prahlāda uvāca /
mayā jitaṃ devadeva trailokyamapi suvrata /
jito 'yaṃ tvatprasādena śakraḥ kimuta dharmajaḥ

asau yadyajayo deva trailokyenāpi suvrataḥ /
na sthātuṃ tvatprasādeva śakyaṃ kimu karomyaja

pītavāsā uvāca /
so 'haṃ dānavaśārdūla lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā /
dharmaṃ pravarttāpayituṃ tapaścaryāṃ samāsthitaḥ

tasmādyadicchasi jayaṃ tamārādhaya dānava /
taṃ parājeṣyase bhaktyā tasmācchuśrūṣa dharmajam

pulastya uvāca/ /
ityuktaḥ pītavāsena dānavendro mahātmanā /
abravīdvacanaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ samāhūyāndhakaṃ muneṣa

daityāśca dānavāścaiva paripālyāstvayāndhaka /
mayotsṛṣṭamidaṃ rājyaṃ pratīcchasva mahābhuja

ityevamukto jagrāha rājyaṃ hairaṇyalocaniḥ /
prahlādo 'pi tadāgacchat puṇyaṃ badarikāśramam

dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ naraṃ ca ditijeśvaraḥ /
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā vavande caraṇau tayoḥ

tamuvāca mahātejā vākyaṃ nārāyaṇo 'vyayaḥ /
kimarthaṃ praṇato 'sīha māmajitvā mahāsura

prahlāda uvāca/ /
kastvāṃ jetuṃ prabho śaktaḥ kastvattaḥ puruṣo 'dhikaḥ /
tvaṃ hi nārāyaṇo 'nantaḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ

tvaṃ devaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣastvaṃ viṣṇuḥ śārṅgacāpadhṛk /
tvamavyayo maheśānaḥ śāśvataḥ puruṣottamaḥ

tvāṃ yoginaścintayanti cārcayanti manīṣiṇaḥ /
japanti snātakāstvāṃ ca yajanti tvāṃ ca yājñikāḥ

tvamacyuko hṛṣīkeśaścakrapāṇirdharādharaḥ /
mahāmīno hayaśirāstvameva varakacchapaḥ

hiraṇyākṣaripuḥ śrīmān bhagavānatha sūkaraḥ /
matpiturnāśanakaro bhavānapi nṛkesarī

brahma trinetro 'mararāḍ hutāśaḥ pretādhipo nīrapatiḥ samīraḥ /
sūryo mṛgāṅko 'calajaṅgamādyo bhavān vibho nātha khagendraketo

tvaṃ pṛthvī jyotirākāśaṃ jalaṃ bhūtvā sahasraśaḥ /
tvayā vyāptaṃ jagatsarvaṃ kastvāṃ jeṣyati mādhava

bhaktyā yadi hṛṣīkeśa toṣameṣi jagadguro /
nānyathā tvaṃ praśakto 'si jetuṃ sarvagatāvyaya

bhagavānuvāca/ /
parituṣṭo 'smi te daitya stavenānena suvrata /
bhaktyā tvanānyayā cāhaṃ tvayā daitya parājitaḥ

parājitaśca puruṣo daitya daṇḍaṃ prayacchati /
daṇḍārthaṃ te pradāsyāmi varaṃ vṛṇu yamicchasi

prahlāda uvāca /
nārāyaṇa varaṃ yāce yaṃ tvaṃ me dātumarhasi /
tanme pāpaṃ layaṃ yātu śārīraṃ mānasaṃ tathā

vācikaṃ ca jagannātha yattvayā saha yudhyataḥ /
nareṇa yadyapyabhavad varametatprayaccha me

nārāyaṇa uvāca /
evaṃ bhavatu daidyendra pāpaṃ te yātu saṃkṣayam /
dvitīyaṃ prārthaya varaṃ taṃ dadāmi tavāsura

prahlāda uvāca /
yā yā jāyeya me buddhiḥ sā sā viṣṇo tvadāśritā /
devārcane ca niratā tvaccittā tvatparāyaṇā

nārāyaṇa uvāca /
evaṃ bhaviṣyatyasura varamanyaṃ yamicchasi /
taṃ vṛṇīṣva mahābāho pradāsyāmyavicārayan

prahlāda uvāca/ /
sarvameva mayā labdhaṃ tvatprasādādadhokṣaja /
tvatpādapaṅkajābhyāṃ hi khyātirastu sadā mama

evamastvaparaṃ cāstu nityamevākṣayo 'vyayaḥ /
ajaraścāmaraścāpi matprasādād bhaviṣyasi

gacchasva daityaśārdūla svamāvāsaṃ kriyārataḥ /
na karmabandho bhavato maccittsya bhaviṣyati

praśāsayadamūn daityān rājyaṃ pālaya śāśvatam /
svajātisadṛśaṃ daitya kuru dharmamanuttamam

pulastya uvāca /
ityukto lokanāthena prahlādo devamabravīt /
kathaṃ rājyaṃ samādāsye parityaktaṃ jagadguro

tamuvāca jagatsvāmī gaccha tvaṃ nijamāśrayam /
hitopadeṣṭā daityānāṃ dānavānāṃ tathā bhava

nārāyaṇenaivamuktaḥ sa tadā daityanāyakaḥ /
praṇipatya vibhuṃ tuṣṭo jagāma nagaraṃ nijam

dṛṣṭaḥ sabhājitaścāpi dānavairandhakena ca /
nimantritaśca rājyāya na pratyaicchatsa nārada

rājyaṃ parityajya mahāsurendro niyojayan satpathi dānavendrān /
dhyāyan smaran keśavamaprameyaṃ tasthau tadā yogaviśuddhadehaḥ

evaṃ purā nārada dānavendro nārāyaṇenottamapūruṣeṇa /
parājitaścāpi vimucya rājyaṃ tasthau mano dhātari sanniveśya