Varaha Purana 11.98: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 98
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
परस्परं सुयुद्धेन योद्धयित्वाऽस्त्रलाघवात् । यथासंख्येन ते दैत्याḥ पुनर्मणिभवैर्हताः ॥ ११.९९ ॥
parasparaṃ suyuddhena yodhayitvā 'stralāghavāt | yathāsaṃkhyena te daityāḥ punarmaṇibhavair hatāḥ || 11.99 ||
दोनों तरफ के योद्धा आपस में बड़ी लड़ाई लड़ते रहे। वो सब अस्त्र-चक्र बहुत अच्छे से चलाते थे। दैत्य लोग एक-एक करके मणिभवों के हारे मारे गए।
Varāha (default narrative voice; explicit speaker not stated in fragment)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic historiographic style in which cosmic or mythic conflicts are narrated with technical martial vocabulary, reflecting the literary conventions shared with Itihāsa and other Purāṇas rather than verifiable political history.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is focused on combat description and sequencing of defeat.
The verse foregrounds disciplined skill and ordered action in conflict (astralāghava, yathāsaṃkhyena) as narrative virtues, without prescribing a universal moral command.
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