Varaha Purana 89.38: Adhyaya 89, Shloka 38
The Hierarchy of the Trimūrti and the Manifestation of the Goddess Trikalā
सैकस्मिन् दिवसे देवः सर्वभूतनमस्कृतः । गणैः परिवृतो गौर्या महानासीৎ पिनाकधृक् ॥
saikasmin divase devaḥ sarvabhūtanamaskṛtaḥ | gaṇaiḥ parivṛto gauryā mahān āsīt pinākadhṛk ||
एक दिन शिव भगवान वहाँ बैठे थे। सब लोग उनको प्रणाम कर रहे थे। उनके साथ उनके गण थे और गौरी भी थी। उनके हाथ में धनुष था और वो बड़े भारी लग रहे थे।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse-fragment)
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It preserves iconographic and epithetic conventions (Pināka, gaṇas, Gaurī) that inform later temple art and literary portrayals.
The broader setting remains Kailāsa from the immediately preceding verse context.
No direct ethical injunction; the verse functions as narrative framing and cultural description.
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