According to the Mahabharata, he was 4,500 miles tall and 1,500 miles in girth, and had stupefied the King of the Gods with his maya until that king, exhorted by Shiva, slew him and had to do penance before Brahma afterwards.
This being lived in ascetic austerity for 60,000 years in order to acquire his powers and, in one version of his myth, he was created by Tvashtri in revenge for the slaying of Trisiras. That version has him meeting his end by way of foam, but a different version has him hoarding all the waters of the world, and only his death brings their release. According to the Mahabharata, he was 4,500 miles tall and 1,500 miles in girth, and had stupefied the King of the Gods with his maya until that king, exhorted by Shiva, slew him and had to do penance before Brahma afterwards. Typically portrayed as either a cosmic dragon or a titan, for ten points, identify this Vedic demon slain by Indra.
This being lived in ascetic austerity for 60,000 years in order to acquire his powers and, in one version of his myth, he was created by Tvashtri in revenge for the slaying of Trisiras.
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