Varaha Purana 10.54: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 54
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
तत्रावयोर्महासैन्यं गजाश्वरथसंकुलम् । जिगाय सर्वदेवानां शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ १०.५५ ॥
tatrāvayor mahāsainyaṁ gajāśvarathasaṁkulam | jigāya sarvadevānāṁ śataśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ || 10.55 ||
वहाँ हमारा बड़ा सेना था। हाथी, घोड़े और रथ थे उसमें। हमने देवताओं की सेना को हरा दिया। सौ-सौ और हज़ार-हज़ार मर गए।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative convention in which large-scale battles and numerical hyperbole (hundreds/thousands) are used to frame cosmic-political shifts rather than to report verifiable chronology.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is a narrative setting marker (“there”) without a toponym.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse primarily functions as narrative description emphasizing the scale of forces and the outcome of a conflict.
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