Varaha Purana 10.45: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 45
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
तयोरपि महत्कर्म चरितं च धराधरे । भविष्यति महाराजो दुर्जयो मन्दरोपरि ॥ १०.४६ ॥
tayor api mahatkarma caritaṃ ca dharādhare | bhaviṣyati mahārājo durjayo mandaropari || 10.46 ||
O Träger der Erde (dharādhara), auch die große Tat und der Bericht von den Taten jener beiden werden sich ereignen; und auf dem Berge Mandara wird ein großer König—schwer zu besiegen—namens Durjjaya erstehen.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: projecting future events (bhaviṣyati) to frame royal legitimacy and to connect mythic geography with dynastic memory, functioning as cultural historiography rather than verifiable chronology.
Mandara (Mandara-parvata) is named; in Purāṇic literature it is a prominent mythic mountain associated with major cosmological narratives, and is treated as a significant sacred-geographic marker in the textual tradition.
The verse foregrounds ideals of exemplary action (mahatkarma) and remembered conduct (caritam), implying that public virtue and leadership are evaluated through deeds and their enduring narrative record.
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