Varaha Purana 28.31: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 31
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
सम्पूर्णे पूर्णचन्द्राभे भास्वराङ्गे भवोद्भवे । महाविद्ये महावेद्ये महादैत्यविनाशिनि । महाबुद्ध्युद्भवे देवि वीतशोके किरातिनि ॥ २८.३१ ॥
sampūrṇe pūrṇacandrābhe bhāsvarāṅge bhavodbhave | mahāvidye mahāvedye mahādaityavināśini | mahābuddhyudbhave devi vītaśoke kirātini || 28.31 ||
देवी, तुम पूरी हो, पूरा चाँद जैसी चमक वाली हो। तुम्हारा शरीर चमक रहा है। तुम भव से पैदा हुई हो। तुम बड़ी विद्या हो, बड़ी जानने वाली हो। तुम बड़े दैत्यों को नष्ट करती हो। तुम बड़ी बुद्धि से पैदा हुई हो। तुम शोक से मुक्त हो, किरातिनी हो।
Varāha (default, verse fragment does not explicitly mark speaker)
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It preserves a Purāṇic-style devotional register (stuti) through dense epithets, reflecting how Purāṇas embed hymnology and theological vocabulary within narrative frames.
No geographic toponym is explicitly present in this verse; it functions primarily as an address to the Goddess through honorific descriptors.
Rather than a direct injunction, the verse emphasizes ideals of clarity (knowledge), resilience (freedom from sorrow), and the overcoming of disruptive forces (symbolized by daityas).
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