Varaha Purana 92.16: Adhyaya 92, Shloka 16
The Demon King’s Council Deliberation and the Mobilization of an Army to Conquer the Devas
असुरेन्द्र सुरैर्भग्नैस्तत्पराक्रमभीषिता । सा कन्या वशतामेति त्वयि शक्रसमागते ॥
asurendra surair bhagnais tatparākramabhīṣitā | sā kanyā vaśatām eti tvayi śakrasamāgate ||
हे असुरों के राजा, जब देवता हार जायेंगे और तुम्हारी ताकत से डरेंगे, तब वो लड़की तुम्हारे कंट्रोल में आ जायेगी। जब तुम इंद्र जैसा बनके आओगे।
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It illustrates a recurring Purāṇic trope: political legitimacy and domination expressed through the symbolic role of Indra (Śakra) as the archetypal sovereign.
No geographical location is mentioned.
Rather than prescribing an ethic, the verse documents a narrative logic of power—how victory is imagined to produce social control—useful for studying ancient political imagination.
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