Varaha Purana 21.29: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 29
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
कूष्माण्डा यातुधानाश्च सर्वे प्रज्वलिताननाः । उत्तस्थुः कोटिशस्तत्र नानाप्रहरणावृताः ॥ २१.३० ॥
kūṣmāṇḍā yātudhānāś ca sarve prajvalitānanāḥ | uttasthuḥ koṭiśas tatra nānā-praharaṇāvṛtāḥ || 21.30 ||
Allí, los kūṣmāṇḍas y los yātudhānas—todos con rostros llameantes—se alzaron por decenas de millones, provistos de armas de muchas clases.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: enumerating classes of hostile beings and amplifying scale (e.g., “koṭiśaḥ”) to convey the intensity of cosmic or martial conflict within the epic-Purāṇic storytelling tradition.
No specific toponym is named in this verse; “tatra” (“there”) refers back to a location established in the surrounding passage.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical function is to portray the emergence of destructive forces, setting narrative conditions for the restoration of order (dharma) in the broader episode.
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