Varaha Purana 10.53: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 53
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
तापसावूचतुः । आवां हेतृप्रहेत्राख्यौ मनोः स्वायम्भुवः सुतौ । आवां देवविनाशाय गतौ स्वो मेरुपर्वतम् ॥ १०.५४ ॥
tāpasāv ūcatuḥ | āvāṃ hetṛprahētrākhyau manoḥ svāyambhuvaḥ sutau | āvāṃ devavināśāya gatau svo meruparvatam || 10.54 ||
Die Asketen sprachen: «Wir beide, bekannt als Hetṛ und Prahetṛ, sind Söhne des Svāyambhuva Manu. Wir sind zum Berg Meru gegangen, um die Götter zu vernichten.»
Tāpasau (two ascetics; named Hetṛ and Prahetṛ within the verse)
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It preserves a Purāṇic genealogical motif by linking named figures (Hetṛ and Prahetṛ) to Svāyambhuva Manu, a foundational ancestor in early Indian cosmological historiography.
Mount Meru (Meruparvata), a central axis-mountain in Purāṇic cosmography; it is generally treated as a mythic-geographic center rather than a single securely identifiable modern peak.
The verse itself states intention rather than prescribing conduct; its philosophical relevance is cautionary, foregrounding the consequences of destructive intent within cosmic and social order narratives.
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