Varaha Purana 10.12: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 12
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
स कालरूपिणं रौद्रं प्रकृत्या शूलपाणिनम् । आत्मनो राजसीं मूर्तिं पूजयामास भक्तितः । तामसेनापि भावेन असुरेषु व्यवस्थितः ॥ १०.१२ ॥
sa kālarūpiṇaṃ raudraṃ prakṛtyā śūlapāṇinam | ātmano rājasīṃ mūrtiṃ pūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ | tāmasenāpi bhāvena asureṣu vyavasthitaḥ || 10.12 ||
वो काल रूप ले के आया, बहुत भयानक। हाथ में त्रिशूल थी। अपनी रजो शक्ति की पूजा उसने प्यार से की। असुरों के बीच रह के भी उसने तमस गुण का काम किया।
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of ethical psychology in which character-types are described through the guṇas (rajas and tamas), a framework widely attested across classical Sanskrit literature.
No geographic toponym is present in this verse; it is primarily a philosophical-ethical characterization rather than a sacred-geography passage.
The verse foregrounds how dispositions associated with rajas and tamas can shape conduct and affiliations, presenting a descriptive moral psychology rather than a prescriptive command.
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