Description of the glory of Viṣṇu - Verse 99
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 73 · Verse 99
Sanskrit Original
विहारार्थं मनुष्येषु सांदीपनिपुरस्सरः। यत्र कंसं च शाल्वं च द्विविदं च महासुरम।।
vihārārthaṃ manuṣyeṣu sāṃdīpanipurassaraḥ| yatra kaṃsaṃ ca śālvaṃ ca dvividaṃ ca mahāsuram||
The Devas said:: For the sake of his divine sport, the Lord took his incarnation among human beings with Sāndīpani also as his preceptor. During this incarnation the lord of great virility killed the Daityas who had taken up human bodies, such as Kaṃsa, Śālva, the great Asuras, Dvivida, Ariṣṭa, Vṛṣabha, Pūtanā, Keśī who came as a horse, the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa, the athlete (Cāṇūra etc.), the lord of Rājagṛha (Jarāsandha) etc. The thousand arms of Bāṇa were cut off by the lord of miraculous activities.