Varaha Purana 21.42: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 42
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
भूतान्यपि मृधे घोराण्युल्मुकैरस्थिभिः शरैः । जग्मुर्देवान्मृधे रोषाद्रुद्रस्य पुरतो बलात् ॥ २१.४३ ॥
bhūtāny api mṛdhe ghorāṇy ulmukair asthibhiḥ śaraiḥ | jagmur devān mṛdhe roṣād rudrasya purato balāt || 21.43 ||
সেই ভয়ংকর যুদ্ধে ঘোর ভূতরাও উল্মুক, অস্থি ও শর নিক্ষেপ করতে করতে দেবতাদের বিরুদ্ধে অগ্রসর হল। ক্রোধে উন্মত্ত হয়ে তারা রুদ্রের অগ্রভাগে বলপূর্বক ধাবিত হল।
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It preserves a characteristic Purāṇic battle register—cataloguing weapons and supernatural combatants—to frame conflicts as disruptions of cosmic order, a common narrative technique in early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No specific geographic or pilgrimage location is named in this verse; the scene is presented as a generalized mythic battlefield.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse highlights anger (roṣa) as a driver of violent escalation, implicitly contrasting wrath-driven force with the broader Purāṇic ideal of restoring order and restraint.
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