Varaha Purana 28.17: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 17
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
धनदोऽपि स्वकं मित्रमीशं देवसमन्वितः । इयाय गदया सोऽपि दानवो बलदर्पितः । गदामादाय दुद्राव शिवलोकं प्रति प्रभो ॥ २८.१७ ॥
dhanado 'pi svakaṃ mitram īśaṃ devasamanvitaḥ | iyāya gadayā so 'pi dānavo baladarpitaḥ | gadām ādāya dudrāva śivalokaṃ prati prabho || 28.17 ||
कुबेर भी अपने दोस्त शिव के पास गया, साथ में देवता थे। वो दानव अपनी ताकत पे नाज़ करके भागा शिव की तरफ, हाथ में गदा लिए। प्रभु, वो गदा उठा के शिव लोक की तरफ दौरा।
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It exemplifies Purāṇic narrative style by linking well-known figures (Kubera, the devas, Śiva, and a Dānava) to a cosmographic setting (Śivaloka), reflecting how Purāṇas organize mythic history and moral themes within a multi-realm universe.
No terrestrial geographic site is named; the verse references Śivaloka, a cosmological realm associated with Śiva in Purāṇic cosmography rather than an identifiable physical location.
The verse foregrounds the motif of bala-darpa (pride born of strength), a recurrent moral-psychological caution in Sanskrit literature, often used to frame the consequences of arrogance and impulsive aggression.
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