Varaha Purana 28.8: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 8
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
तां दृष्ट्वा रूपसंपन्नां स राजा क्रुद्धमानसः । उवाच का असि सुश्रोणि सत्यं कथय भामिनि ॥ २८.८ ॥
tāṁ dṛṣṭvā rūpasaṁpannāṁ sa rājā kruddhamānasaḥ | uvāca kā asi suśroṇi satyaṁ kathaya bhāmini || 28.8 ||
તે રૂપસંપન્ન સ્ત્રીને જોઈ રાજાનું મન ક્રોધથી દહન થયું. તેણે કહ્યું—“હે સુશ્રોણિ! તું કોણ છે? હે ભામિની, સત્ય કહેજે.”
Rājā (King; unnamed in this excerpt)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"questioner","key_question":"स्त्री-स्वरूप-परिचयः—“का असि? सत्यं कथय” इति; अनधिकार-सम्बन्ध-शङ्का।"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethics-of-speech-and-impulse","core_concept":"क्रोधाविष्ट-चित्ते सत्य-असत्य-विवेकः क्षीयते; अतः प्रश्नोऽपि मर्यादया कर्तव्यः।","practical_application":"आकर्षण/क्रोध-समये निर्णयं न कुर्यात्; प्रथमं परिचयं, सत्य-प्रमाणं, मर्यादा-भाषणं च।"}
Subject Matter: ["Narrative","Ethics","Dialogue","Royal Conduct"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: shringara
Related Themes: 28.28.9-12 (नदी-परिचयः, धर्मोपदेशः, फलश्रुति-रूपा वंशकथा)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"राजा क्रुद्धमुखः, सुश्रोणि-रूपसंपन्नां स्त्रीं दृष्ट्वा हस्तेन प्रश्न-चिह्नं दर्शयन्; स्त्री लज्जा/स्थैर्य-युक्ता समक्षं तिष्ठति।","item_prompts":["क्रुद्ध-राजा (मुकुट, राजवस्त्र)","सुश्रोणि स्त्री (नदी-देवी-सूचक आभरण)","दरबार/वन-तीर/नदी-समीप संकेत","प्रश्न-मुद्रा, उग्र-दृष्टि"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style, frontal king with exaggerated eyes and red-tinged anger, ornate jewelry, the woman as a river-deity with blue-green aura, minimal background with stylized water motifs.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style, gold-leaf ornaments on king and river-goddess, rich textiles, halo behind the woman, palace-pillars and a small water-pot motif.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting style, delicate linework, subdued anger on king’s face, soft shading, riverbank hinted with lotuses, refined jewelry.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style, narrative court/riverbank scene, expressive faces, cool palette for the woman, the king in warm reds, detailed textiles and foliage."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"tense-dialogic","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium-fast","voice_tone":"firm, slightly sharp on interrogatives"}
FAQs
It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: character-driven dialogue framed through courtly speech and emotional states (here, royal anger), offering material for studying social address-terms and narrative ethics in Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is a situational dialogue line without explicit toponymy.
The verse foregrounds truth-telling (satyam kathaya) as a demanded norm within interpersonal and political encounter, while also depicting the risks of judgment under anger (kruddhamānasaḥ).
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