Varaha Purana 27.35: Adhyaya 27, Shloka 35
The Slaying of Andhaka and the Manifestation of the Eight Mother-Goddesses from Divine Afflictions
एताभिर्देवताभिश्च तस्य रक्तेऽतिशोषिते । क्षयं गताऽसुरी माया स च सिद्धोऽन्धकोऽभवत् ॥ एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातमात्मविद्यामृतं मया ॥ २७.३६ ॥
etābhir devatābhiś ca tasya rakte ’tiśoṣite | kṣayaṃ gatā ’surī māyā sa ca siddho ’ndhako ’bhavat | etat te sarvam ākhyātam ātmavidyāmṛtaṃ mayā || 27.36 ||
जब देवियों ने उसका खून पूरा सूखा दिया, तब उसकी असुरी माया खत्म हो गई। वो अंधक अब सिद्ध बन गया। मैं तुम्हे यह पूरा बताया है, यह आत्मा ज्ञान है, अमृत जैसा।
Varāha
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic technique: concluding a mythic episode by framing it as a vehicle for ‘ātma-vidyā’ (self-knowledge), showing how narrative is used to transmit philosophical instruction within the Purāṇa genre.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse fragment; the focus is on a narrative outcome (the decline of asuric māyā and Andhaka’s siddhi) rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds the theme that delusive power (māyā), characterized here as ‘asuric,’ is terminable; the framing as ‘ātma-vidyā-amṛta’ suggests a philosophical emphasis on discernment and inner transformation rather than external power.
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