Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding
तुम्बुरुं नारदं चैव हाहाहूहूं तथैव च । स गत्वा किन्नरांश्चैव असुरान् राक्षसानपि ॥ २२.४१ ॥
tumburuṃ nāradaṃ caiva hāhāhūhūṃ tathaiva ca | sa gatvā kinnarāṃś caiva asurān rākṣasān api || 22.41 ||
Er zog aus, zusammen mit Tumburu und Nārada, ebenso mit Hāhāhūhū; und er begab sich auch zu den Kinnaras sowie zu den Asuras und den Rākṣasas.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic archival technique: enumerating named figures and classes of beings to situate a narrative within a shared cosmological map of communities (celestial musicians, semi-divine groups, and adversarial lineages).
No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse; it functions as a list of beings rather than a place-based description.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical function is classificatory—presenting a structured cosmos populated by diverse beings and lineages.
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