Varaha Purana 27.26: Adhyaya 27, Shloka 26
The Slaying of Andhaka and the Manifestation of the Eight Mother-Goddesses from Divine Afflictions
Pūrva Bhāga · Mythic Combat Narratives (Daitya-Vadha)
असृग्धारातुषारैस्तु शूलप्रोतस्य चासकृत् । अनारतं समुत्तस्थुस्ततो रुद्रो रुषान्वितः ॥ २७.२७ ॥
asṛgdhārātuṣārais tu śūlaprotasya cāsakṛt | anārataṁ samuttasthus tato rudro ruṣānvitaḥ || 27.27 ||
itare.apyandhakAH sarve chakreNa parameShThinA | nArAyaNena nihatAstatra ye.anye samutthitAH | 27.26 || asRRigdhArAtuShAraistu shUlaprotasya chAsakRRit | anArataM samuttasthustato rudro ruShAnvitaH || 27.27 ||
जो बंदा त्रिशूल में फंसा था, उससे खून बार-बार निकल रहा था। जैसे बर्फ़ गिर रही हो, ऐसे ही खून का फ़व्वारा उठ रहा था। रुद्र गुस्से से भर गए।
Sandhi Notes
- asṛgdhārātuṣāraiḥ = asṛk-dhārā-tuṣāraiḥ
- cāsakṛt = ca asakṛt
- ruṣānvitaḥ = ruṣā-anvitaḥ
Varāha
Raudra (divine wrath) is portrayed as a real cosmological energy that can reconfigure the narrative world, not merely an emotion.
Recognize destructive impulses as potent forces; discipline them through dharma and devotion so they do not ‘spray outward’ harmfully.
27.27.28 (wrath → flame → Devī-manifestation)
FAQs
It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: vivid battlefield imagery and divine emotional response (here, Rudra’s wrath), reflecting shared mythic motifs across early medieval Sanskrit textual traditions.
No specific geographic or pilgrimage location is named in this verse; the imagery is situational (a combat scene) rather than topographic.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its primary function is descriptive—depicting the consequences of violence and the escalation of conflict through the motif of an enraged deity.
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