Varaha Purana 91.28: Adhyaya 91, Shloka 28
The Vaiṣṇavī Goddess on Mount Mandara: Emergence of the Maidens, Construction of the Goddess-City, and Nārada’s Visit
तस्याश्च देवगन्धर्वा ऋषयः सिद्धचारणाः । उपासांचक्रिरे सर्वे येऽप्यन्ये दैत्यनायकाः ॥
tasyāś ca devagandharvā ṛṣayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ | upāsāṃ cakrire sarve ye 'py anye daityanāyakāḥ ||
وقد قدّم الديفا-غاندارفات، والريشيون، والسِدّهات، والتشارانات—جميعهم—ومعهم أيضًا سائر قادة الدايتيّات، حضورهم وخدمتهم لها.
Narrator (speaker not explicit; default narrative voice within Varāha–Pṛthivī framework)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif: multiple classes of semi-divine beings (Gandharvas, Siddhas, Cāraṇas) appear as a literary device to mark the exceptional status of a central figure and to frame a courtly or cosmic hierarchy.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it focuses on social-cosmic actors rather than sacred geography.
Implicitly, it models the theme of recognition and respectful attendance to a superior power or virtue, expressed through the formal act of upāsā (service/attendance).
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