Varaha Purana 28.15: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 15
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
इन्द्रो भग्नो गतः सोऽग्निं अग्निर्भग्नो यमं ययौ । यमो निरृतिमागच्छन्निरृतिर्वरुणं ययौ ॥ २८.१५ ॥
indro bhagno gataḥ so 'gniṃ agnir bhagno yamaṃ yayau | yamo nirṛtim āgacchan nirṛtir varuṇaṃ yayau || 28.15 ||
इंद्र हार के अग्नि के पास गया। अग्नि हार के यम के पास गया। यम निरृति के पास गया, और निरृति वरुण के पास चली गई।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative device: a sequential movement among deities to mark escalation, disorder, or a search for protection, reflecting the text’s broader cosmological storytelling style.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it focuses on a mythic sequence involving deities rather than a place-description.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical implication is the depiction of vulnerability and contingency even among powerful agents within a cosmic order.
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