Varaha Purana 10.9: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 9
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
देवा अपि निजौकांसि गतवन्तः सनातनम् । स्तुवन्तः परमेशोऽपि त्रिविधं भावमास्थितः ॥ १०.९ ॥
devā api nijaukāṁsi gatavantaḥ sanātanam | stuvantaḥ parameśo 'pi trividhaṁ bhāvam āsthitaḥ || 10.9 ||
देवता भी अपने घर चले गए। वो सदा के लिए वहाँ रहते हैं। वो जाते वक्त भगवान की तारीफ कर रहे थे। भगवान भी तीन तरह का भाव ले लिए।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: after a major cosmic event, divine beings return to their respective abodes while the supreme deity transitions into a described mode or function, marking a shift in the episode’s phase.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it uses cosmological ‘abodes’ (okas) as a general, non-terrestrial setting.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis is on cosmic order and the deity’s capacity to assume different modes for sustaining narrative and cosmological balance.
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