Vamana Purana · Chapter 9

iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe aṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ
nārada uvāca /
netrahīnaḥ kathaṃ rājye prahlādenāndhako mune /
abhiṣikto jānatāpi rājadharmaṃ sanātanam

pulastya uvāca /
labdhacakṣurasau bhūyo hiraṇyākṣe 'pi jīvati /
lalo 'bhiṣikto daityena prahlādena nije pade

nārada uvāca/ /
rājye 'ndhako 'bhiṣiktastu kimācarata suvrata /
devādibhiḥ saha kathaṃ samāste tad vadasva me

pulastya uvāca /
rājye 'bhiṣikto daityendro hiraṇyākṣasuto 'ndhakaḥ /
tapasārādhya deveśaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ trilocanam

ajeyatvamavadhyatvaṃ surasiddharṣipannagaiḥ /
adāhyatvaṃ hutāśena akledyatvaṃ jalena ca

evaṃ sa varalabdhastu daityo rājyamapālayat /
śukraṃ purohitaṃ kṛtvā samadhyāste tato 'ndhakaḥ

tataścakro samudyogaṃ devānāmandhako 'suraḥ /
ākramya vasudhāṃ sarvāṃ manujendrān parājayat

parājitya mahīpālān sahāyārthe niyojya cā /
taiḥ samaṃ meruśikharaṃ jagāmādbhutadarśanam

śakro 'pi surasainyāni samudyojya mahāgajam /
samāruhyāmarāvatyāṃ guptiṃ kṛtvā viniryayau

śakrasyānu tathaivānye lokapālā mahaujasaḥ /
āruhya vāhanaṃ svaṃ svaṃ sāyudhā niryayurbahiḥ

devasenāpi ca samaṃ śakroṇādbhutakarmaṇā /
nirjagāmātivegena gajavājirāthādibhiḥ

agrato dvādaśādityāḥ pṛṣṭhataśca trilocanāḥ /
madhye 'ṣṭau vasavo viśve sādhyāśvimarutāṃ gaṇāḥ /
yabhavidyādharādyāśca svaṃ svaṃ vāhanamāsthitāḥ

nārada uvāca /
rudrādīnāṃ vadasveha vāhanāni ca sarvaśaḥ /
ekaikasyāpi dharmatra paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama

pulastya uvāca /
śṛṇuṣva kathayiṣyāmi sarveṣāmapi nārada /
vāhanāni samāsena ekaikasyānupūrvaśaḥ

rudrahastalotpanno mahāvīryo mahājavaḥ /
śvetavarṇo gajapatirdevarājasya vāhanam

rudrorusaṃbhavo bhīmaḥ kṛṣṇavarṇo manojavaḥ /
pauṇḍrako nāma mahiṣo dharmarājasya nārada

rudrakarmamalodbhūtaḥ śyāmo jaladhisaṃjñakaḥ /
śiśumāro divyagatiḥ vāhanaṃ varuṇasya ca

raudraḥ śakaṭacakrākṣaḥ śailākāro narottamaḥ /
ambikāpādasaṃbhūto vāhanaṃ dhanadasya tu

ekādaśānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ vāhanāni mahāmune /
gandharvāśca mahāvīryā bhujagondrāśca dāruṇāḥ /
śvetāni saurabheyāṇi vṛṣāṇyugrajavāni ca

rathaṃ candramasaścārddhūsahasraṃ haṃsavāhanam /
harayo rathavāhāśca ādityā munisattama

kuñjarasthāśca vasavo yakṣāśca naravāhanāḥ /
kinnarā bhujagārūḍhā hayārūḍhau tathāśvinau

sāraṅgadhiṣṭhitā brahman maruto ghoradarśanāḥ /
sukārūḍhāśca kavayo gandharvāśca padātinaḥ

āruhya vāhanānyevaṃ svāni svānyamarottamāḥ /
saṃnahya niryayurhṛṣṭā yuddhāya sumahaujasaḥ

nārada uvāca/ /
gaditāni surādīnāṃ vāhanāni tvayā mune /
daityānāṃ vāhanānyevaṃ yathāvad vaktumarhasi

pulastya uvāca /
śṛṇuṣva dānavādīnā vāhanāni dvijottama /
kathayiṣyāmi tattvena yathāvacchrotumarhasi

andhakasya ratho divyo yuktaḥ paramavājibhiḥ /
kṛṣṇavarṇaiḥ sahasrāras tranalvaparimāṇavān

prahlādasya ratho divyaścandravarṇairhayottamaiḥ /
uhyamānastathāṣṭābhiḥ śvetarukmamayaḥ subhaḥ

virojanasya ca gajaḥ kujambhasya turaṅgamaḥ /
jambhasya tu ratho dviyo hayaiḥ kāñjanasannibhaiḥ

śaṅkukarṇasya turago hayagrīvasya kuñjaraḥ /
ratho mayasya vikhyāto dundubheśca mahoragaḥ /
śambarasya vimāno 'bhūdayaḥ śaṅkormṛgādhipaḥ

vabalavṛtrau ca balinau gadāmusaladhāriṇau /
padbhyāṃ daivatasainyāni abhidravitumudyatau

tato raṇo 'bhūt tumulaḥ saṃkulo 'tibhayaṅkaraḥ /
rajasā saṃvṛto lokī piṅgavarṇena nārada

nājñāsīcca pitā putraṃ na putraḥ pitaraṃ tathā /
svānevānaye nijaghnurvai parānanye ca suvrata

abhidruto mahāvego rathopari rathastadā /
gajo mattagajendraṃ ca sādī sādinamabhyagāt

padātirapi saṃkruddhaḥ padātinamatholbaṇam /
parasparaṃ tu pratyaghnannanyonyajayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

tatastu saṃkule tasmin yuddhe daivāsure mune /
prāvartata nadī ghorā śamayantī raṇādrajaḥ

śoṇitodā rathāvarttā yodhasaṃghaṭṭavāhinī /
gajakumbhamāhakūrmā śaramīnā duratyayā

tīkṣṇāgraprāsamakarā mahāsigrāhavāhinī /
antraśaivalasaṃkīrṇā patākāphenamālinanī

gṛdhrakaṅkamahāhaṃsā śyenacakraāhvamaṇḍitā /
vanavāyasakādambā gomāyuśvāpadākulā

piśācamunisaṃkīrṇā dustarā prākṛtairjanaiḥ /
rathaplavaiḥ saṃtarantaḥ śūrāstāṃ prajagāhire

āgulphaādavamajjantaḥ sūdayantaḥ parasparamḥ /
samuttaranto vegena yodhā jayadhanepsavaḥ

tatastu raudro suradaityasādane mahāhave bhīrubhayaṅkare 'tha /
rakṣāṃsi yakṣāśca susaprahṛṣṭāḥ piśācayūthāstvabhiremire ca

pibantyasṛggāḍhataraṃ bhaṭānāmāliṅgya māṃsāni ca bhakṣayanti /
vasāṃ vilumpanti ca vanisphuranti garjantyathānyonyamatho vayāṃsi

muñcanti phetkāraravāñśivāśca krandanti yodhā bhuvi vedanārttāḥ /
śastraprataptā nipatanti cānye yuddhaṃ śmaśānapratimaṃ babhūva

tasmiñśivāghorarave pravṛtte murāsurāṇāṃ subhayaṅkare ha /
yuddhaṃ babhau prāṇapaṇepaviddhaṃ dvandve 'tiśastrākṣagato durodaraḥ

hiraṇyacakṣustanayo raṇe 'ndhako rathe sthito vājisahasrayojite /
mattebhaṣṭaṣṭasthitamugratejasaṃ sameyivān devapatiṃ śatakratum

samāpatantaṃ mahiṣādhirūḍhaṃ yamaṃ pratīcchad balavān ditīśaḥ /
prahlādanāmā turagāṣṭayuktaṃ rathaṃ samāsthāya samudyātāstraḥ

virocanaścāpi jaleśvaraṃ tvagājjambhastvathāgād dhanadaṃ balāḍhyam /
vāyuṃ samabhyetya ca śambaro 'tha mayo hutāśaṃ yuyudhe munīndra

anye hayagrīvamukhā mahābalā ditestanūjā danupuṅgavāśca /
surān hutāśārkavasūrakeśvarān dvandvaṃ samāsādya mahābalānvitāḥ

garjantyathānyonyamupetya yuddhe cāpāni karṣantyativegitāśca /
muñcanti nārācagaṇān sahasraśa agaccha he tiṣṭhasi kiṃ bruvantaḥ

śaraistu tīkṣṇairatitāpayantaḥ śastrairamoghairabhitāḍayantaḥ /
mandākinīveganibhāṃ vahantīm pravartayanto bhayadāṃ nadīṃ ca

trailokyamākāṅkṣibhirugravegaiḥ surāsurairnārada saṃprayuddhe /
piśācarakṣogaṇapuṣṭivardhanīmuttartumicchadbhirasṛgnadī babhai

vādyanti tūryāṇi surāsurāṇām paśyanti khasthā munisiddhasaṃghāḥ /
nayanti tānpsarasāṃ gaṇāgryā hatā raṇe ye 'bhimukhāstu śūrāḥ