Varaha Purana 97.2: Adhyaya 97, Shloka 2
The Glory of Rudra: The Origin of the Kapālamocana Pilgrimage Site and Rudra’s Expiatory Vow
ब्रह्मणा तु यदा सृष्टः पूर्वं रुद्रो वरानने ॥ तृतीये जन्मनि विभुः पिङ्गाक्षो नीललोहितः ॥
brahmaṇā tu yadā sṛṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ rudro varānane || tṛtīye janmani vibhuḥ piṅgākṣo nīlalohitaḥ ||
Als Rudra zuerst von Brahmā erschaffen wurde, o Schönantlitzige, erschien der Mächtige in der dritten Geburt als Piṅgākṣa, „Nīlalohita“ — der „Blaue-und-Rote“.
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It preserves a layered mythic account of Rudra’s manifestations, useful for comparing Rudra’s epithets (e.g., Nīlalohita) across Vedic and Purāṇic corpora.
No geographic location is named; the verse is concerned with cosmogonic and iconographic description.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse functions as doctrinal narrative establishing the identity and epithets of Rudra.
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