Varaha Purana 32.12: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 12
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
तान्दृष्ट्वा युध्यतो देवानसुरैः सह कोपितान् । नारदः प्राह संगम्य पित्रे ब्रह्मणि हर्षितः ॥ ३२.१३ ॥
tān dṛṣṭvā yudhyato devān asuraiḥ saha kopitān | nāradaḥ prāha saṅgamya pitre brahmaṇi harṣitaḥ || 32.13 ||
Als Nārada die Götter im Kampf sah, erzürnt zusammen mit den Asuras, trat er, erfreut, zu seinem Vater Brahmā und sprach.
Narrator (speaker not explicit in the verse; default dialogue frame: Varāha → Pṛthivī)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative device: framing cosmic conflict (deva–asura struggle) through the movement of authoritative sages (here, Nārada) who relay events to primordial figures such as Brahmā, helping structure the text’s mythic historiography.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; it is set in a generalized cosmic or mythic battlefield context.
The verse does not state a direct moral injunction; its philosophical function is contextual—highlighting communication, counsel, and transmission of knowledge in moments of crisis within the Purāṇic worldview.
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