Varaha Purana 70.5: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 5
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
स्वे स्वे स्थाने स्थिताः आसन् यावद् देवाः सवासवाः । तावत् तत्रैव भगवान् आगतो वृषभध्वजः ॥ ७०.५ ॥
sve sve sthāne sthitā āsan yāvad devāḥ savāsavāḥ | tāvat tatraiva bhagavān āgato vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ || 70.5 ||
Während die Götter samt Indra an ihren jeweiligen Plätzen verweilten, kam in eben diesem Augenblick und an eben diesem Ort der Erhabene, der das Stier-Emblem trägt (Vṛṣabhadhvaja).
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: a divine assembly (devas with Indra) is marked by the arrival of a prominently titled deity, preserving epithets and intertextual identifiers used across Purāṇas.
No specific toponym is present in this verse; it refers generically to the place where the gods were stationed (tatraiva, “right there”).
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis is on cosmic order and coordinated roles (each being “in its own place”) within a larger narrative sequence.
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