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Skanda Purana 7.20.230

Skandapurāṇa 7.20.230

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7.20.230

uttarottaraṃ yuddheṣu viṣṇunā parājitena prahlādena putrāya rājyapradānam . devāsurāṇāṃ varṣasahasrikamāṭivakākhyaṃ yuddham . tasmin yuddhe śakrakṛto virocanavadhaḥ . virocane hate brahmaṇā daityarājye balerabhiṣecanam . devān vijitya balinā trailokyarājyakaraṇam . viṣṇorvāmanāvatāraḥ, vāmanasya balisadmagamanam . balivāmanasaṃvādaḥ, baleḥ sakāśe vāmanasya padatrayonmitabhūmiyācanam . balau vāmanāya bhūmiṃ dātuṃ pravṛtte prahlādena niṣedhanam . vali- prahlādasaṃvādaḥ, prasaṃgād balikṛtana(ma?)ṣṭaketivṛttākhyānam . balinā vāmanāya saṃkalpya padatrayapradānam . balerupari sasādhuvādaṃ devaiḥ kṛtā puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ .

Prahlāda, repeatedly defeated in battles by Viṣṇu, hands over the kingdom to his son. The thousand-year battle between the gods and asuras called Āṭivaka. In that battle, the slaying of Virocana by Śakra. When Virocana was slain, Bali's consecration to the kingship of the daityas by Brahmā. Conquering the gods, Bali rules over the three worlds. The Vāmana incarnation of Viṣṇu; Vāmana's arrival at Bali's dwelling. The conversation between Bali and Vāmana; Vāmana's begging from Bali for land measuring three strides. When Bali sets out to give the land to Vāmana, Prahlāda forbids him. The dialogue between Bali and Prahlāda; incidentally, the narration of the account of Bali's eightfold homage(?). Bali, having made the resolve, grants the three strides to Vāmana. A shower of flowers cast over Bali by the gods accompanied by cries of 'Well done!'

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