Varaha Purana 91.20: Adhyaya 91, Shloka 20
The Vaiṣṇavī Goddess on Mount Mandara: Emergence of the Maidens, Construction of the Goddess-City, and Nārada’s Visit
महीषाख्येन भूतेषि समुद्रान्तःस्थितां पुरीम् । तत्राससाद भगवानसुरं महीषाकृतिम् ॥
mahīṣākhyena bhūteṣi samudrāntaḥsthitāṃ purīm | tatrāsasāda bhagavān asuraṃ mahīṣākṛtim ||
वो शहर समुंदर के पास था, महिष नाम के भूत का इलाका था। नारद वहाँ पहुँचा। वहाँ उसने एक असुर देखा जो भैंस जैसा दिखता था।
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It documents a common Purāṇic pattern: locating antagonistic figures (asuras) within distinctive geographies (e.g., coastal or liminal zones) to frame political and moral conflict symbolically.
A city “at the ocean’s edge” is described; the passage does not provide a specific identifiable historical place-name in this excerpt.
No explicit ethical rule is stated; the verse sets a narrative encounter that will later ground moral or political evaluation.
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