Varaha Purana 201.55: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 55
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणा नानायुधधरास्तथा ॥ अग्रतः किंकराः कृत्वा तिष्ठन्पादाभिवन्दनम् ॥
baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇā nānāyudhadharās tathā || agrataḥ kiṃkarāḥ kṛtvā tiṣṭhanpādābhivandanam
वो लोग गोह के पंजे से बनी सुरक्षा पहने हैं और हाथ में कई तरह के हथियार लिए हैं। उन्होंने अपने नौकर आगे भेजे और खड़े रहके उसके पाँव को सलाम किया।
Narrator (default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects Purāṇic narrative conventions for depicting courtly or judicial settings through attendants, weapons, and formal gestures of salutation.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment.
Indirectly, it frames a setting of authority and accountability, preparing the reader for discourse on conduct and consequences.
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