Varaha Purana 201.35: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 35
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
अदृश्याश्चैव दृश्याश्च तद्बलं तमसावृताः ॥ ततस्ते शरणं जग्मुर्ज्वरं परमभीषणम् ॥
adṛśyāś caiva dṛśyāś ca tadbalaṃ tamasāvṛtāḥ || tatas te śaraṇaṃ jagmur jvaraṃ paramabhīṣaṇam ||
जो लोग दिखते थे और जो नहीं दिखते थे, सब अंधेरे में फंसे थे। वो सब डर के मारे ज्वर के पास भाग गए। ज्वर बहुत डरावना था।
Narrator (default framework: Varāha-to-Pṛthivī context, not explicit here)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: abstract conditions (like fever/affliction) are personified as agents within mythic history, reflecting premodern South Asian ways of conceptualizing disease, fear, and protection.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment.
The verse primarily conveys a narrative motif—seeking refuge under overwhelming fear—rather than a direct ethical injunction.
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