Varaha Purana 201.59: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 59
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
धर्मराजोऽथ विश्रान्तं कालभूतं महाज्वरम् ॥ किंकिं वृत्तमिदं देव व्यापिनस्त्वं महातपाः ॥
dharmarājo 'tha viśrāntaṃ kālabhūtaṃ mahājvaram || kiṃkiṃ vṛttam idaṃ deva vyāpin as tvaṃ mahātapāḥ
फिर धर्मराज ने महाज्वर से पूछा जो वहाँ आराम कर रहा था, जैसे काल खड़ा हो। बोला, देवा, यह क्या हो रहा है? तुम तो सब जगह हो, बड़े तपस्वी हो।
Dharmarāja (Yama)
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It shows Purāṇic personification (e.g., Mahājvara as an entity) within the moral-judicial cosmology associated with Dharmarāja.
No geographic location is identified in this verse.
The verse reinforces the idea of an ordered moral universe where even cosmic forces are questioned within a framework of justice and causality.
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