Varaha Purana 21.74: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 74
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
रुद्र उवाच । भगस्य नेत्रं भवतु पूष्णो दन्तास्तथा मखः । दक्षस्याच्छिद्रतां यातु यज्ञश्चाप्यदितेः सुताः । पशुभावं तथा चापि अपनेष्यामि वो सुराः ॥ २१.७५ ॥
rudra uvāca | bhagasya netraṁ bhavatu pūṣṇo dantās tathā makhaḥ | dakṣasyācchidratāṁ yātu yajñaś cāpy aditeḥ sutāḥ | paśubhāvaṁ tathā cāpi apaneṣyāmi vo surāḥ || 21.75 ||
Rudra dit : «Que Bhaga recouvre son œil ; que les dents de Pūṣan soient restaurées de même, et Makha aussi. Que Dakṣa soit délivré de toute mutilation ; et que Yajña soit également rétabli, avec les fils d’Aditi. Et j’ôterai aussi de vous, ô dieux, la condition d’avoir été rabaissés à “l’état animal”.»
Rudra
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It belongs to the widely transmitted Dakṣa-yajña cycle, a Purāṇic narrative used to explain ritual disruption and subsequent restoration of cosmic and social order through negotiated settlement among divine agents.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse fragment; the content is narrative-ritual rather than a tīrtha (sacred geography) description.
The verse foregrounds restoration and reconciliation after conflict—repairing harm, re-establishing wholeness (acchidratā), and removing degrading conditions—rather than perpetuating punitive violence.
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