Varaha Purana 214.84: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 84
The Glory of Gokarṇa: Description of Nandikeśvara’s Boon and the Assembly of Deities on Mount Muñjavat
अनिलश्चानलश्चैव धर्मः सत्यो ध्रुवोऽपरः॥ देवर्षयश्च सिद्धाश्च यक्षा विद्याधरास्तथा॥
anilaścānalaścaiva dharmaḥ satyo dhruvo 'paraḥ || devarṣayaśca siddhāśca yakṣā vidyādharāstathā
वहाँ हवा और आग के देव थे। धरम, सत्य और ध्रुव भी थे। देव रishi, सिद्ध, यक्ष और विद्याधर सब थे।
Narrator (default framework: Varāha as instructor when unspecified)
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It documents a layered cosmology where elements, virtues, and semi-divine classes are narrated as participants, reflecting Purāṇic encyclopedic world-building.
No specific place-name appears; the verse functions as a catalog of attendees in a mythic scene connected to the surrounding sacred-geography narrative.
By listing Dharma and Satya among cosmic participants, the text signals the cultural centrality of moral order and truth as foundational principles.
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