Varaha Purana 216.19: Adhyaya 216, Shloka 19
The Sacred Account of Gokarṇa, Śṛṅgeśvara, and Related Tīrthas
न शशाक यदा रक्षस्तदुत्पाटयितुं बलात् ॥ वज्रकल्पं समुत्सृज्य तदा लङ्कां विनिर्ययौ
na śaśāka yadā rakṣastadutpāṭayituṃ balāt || vajrakalpaṃ samutsṛjya tadā laṅkāṃ viniryayau
जब वो राक्षस उसे ज़ोर से नहीं उठा पाया। तब उसने एक वज्र जैसी चीज़ छोड़ दी। फिर लंका चला गया।
Varāha
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It preserves a Laṅkā-centered episode within a tīrtha chapter, showing how place-based Purāṇic discourse can incorporate transregional epic geography.
Laṅkā is named; in comparative scholarship it is often linked to Sri Lanka in later reception, while Purāṇic geography may function symbolically and narratively rather than cartographically.
The verse does not instruct directly; it narrates limits to coercive force and a strategic withdrawal.
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