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Major Battles of Indian Epics between Devas and Asuras  

In the Vedas, one finds matters relating to boons, curses, seduction, brutal rapes, incest, abortion, conjugal infidelity, deception, robbery, battles and weaponay as well skills and most adanced aircrafts used. There are stories depicting open sexual perversities, molestations and rape of chaste women in the Vedas

For example in Rig Veda read the lewd conversation between Pushan and Surya (Rig Veda 10.85.37) and again a similar conversation in Ashwamedha section of Yajur Veda. Some of the stories are depicting open sexual perversities. Devas molested the wives of the Rishis or sexually attacked the wives of their colleague Devas. Rape of Ahalya, the wife of Rishi Gautama, by Indra is well known and Indra was the prominent god of the Rig-Veda.

According to Skanda Purana V.iii.136.2-16,”There was a Sage named Gautama who was like another Brahma. He was endowed with truthfulness and piety. He was engrossed in the Vanaprastha stage of life. His blessed wife named Ahalya was very famous in all the three worlds as a woman endowed with beauty and prime of youth. Indra, the king of Devas, was infatuated by the exceptional beauty of Ahalya. Getting an opportunity, he assumed the excellent guise of the sage and carnally delighted Ahalya who believed that he was Gautama in the inner apartment.

Puran testifies that Asura Jalandhar was a King of Indian peninsula and in his kingdom there was peace everywhere. The Devas got jealous of him. They thought that if that trend continued, people would forget them. They approached Vishnu. He inquired into the matter and found that Vrinda, the chaste wife of King Jalandhar was the power behind him. As per the plan, Devas engaged King Jalandhar in a battle outside his capital. Vishnu dressed like King Jalandhar and in the darkness entered the house of Vrinda. She mistook him as her husband. And before she could raise any resistance, he committed rape on her, who later committed suicide.

King Jalandhar was down with the grief of suicide by his beloved wife and thought, “What can be more disgusting than a god raping a chaste lady?” This led to a great battle betweenAsura Jalandhar and Devas in which he was killed by deception. The curse of Vrinda made Vishnu as a solid stone named as “Saligrama”.

This story is also supported by Skanda Purana  II.iv.21-10-24, Shiva Purana, Rudra Samhita 2, Yudha Khanda 5, Ch 41 verses 1-35, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Prakriti Khanda 21.18-31 and also mentioned in Devi Bhagavatam 9.24.14-22.

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