Varaha Purana 201.25: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 25
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
सकुण्डलैः शिरोभिश्च भ्राजते वसुधातलम् ॥ बहुभिश्च सकेयूरैश्छत्रैश्च मणिभूषणैः
sakuṇḍalaiḥ śirobhiś ca bhrājate vasudhātalam || bahubhiś ca sakeyūraiś chatraiś ca maṇibhūṣaṇaiḥ
धरती चमक रही थी। उसमें बहुत सर बिखरे पड़े थे जिनके कान में कुंडल था। बाहों में केयूर थे, ऊपर छत्रायी थी, और मणि के गहने भी वहाँ थे।
Varāha (default narrative voice)
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It illustrates a conventional Purāṇic-epic battlefield topos: the ground described as glittering with fallen warriors’ ornaments, a stylized marker of the scale and intensity of conflict.
No specific toponym appears in this verse; it refers generally to vasudhātala, “the earth’s surface.”
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse functions as descriptive narrative, emphasizing the consequences of violent combat.
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