Varaha Purana 92.26: Adhyaya 92, Shloka 26
The Demon King’s Council Deliberation and the Mobilization of an Army to Conquer the Devas
विचित्रयाना विविधध्वजाग्रा विचित्रशस्त्रा विविधोग्ररूपाः । दैत्या सुराञ् जेतुमिच्छन्त उच्चैर्ननर्तुरात्तायुधभीमहस्ताः ॥
vicitrayānā vividhadhvajāgrā vicitraśastrā vividhograrūpāḥ | daityā surān jetum icchanta uccair nanartur āttāyudhabhīmahastāḥ ||
दैत्य लोग अलग-अलग सवारियों पे सवार थे। उनके हाथों में अलग-अलग हथियार थे। उनके झंडे अलग-अलग रंग के थे। वो सब देवता को हराना चाहते थे। वो नाच रहे थे और चिल्लाए जा रहे थे। उनके हाथ में हथियार था और वो डरावने लग रहे थे।
Varāha (default narrator framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It demonstrates Purāṇic stylistics: dense compounds and spectacle imagery used to dramatize mobilization and intimidatory display.
No geographic location is specified in this verse.
The verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive; it is valuable for examining how violence is aestheticized in epic-Purāṇic literature.
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