Varaha Purana 95.44: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 44
The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power
चामुण्डे ज्वलमानास्ये तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रे महाबले । शवयानस्थिते देवि प्रेतासनगते शिवे ॥
cāmuṇḍe jvalamānāsye tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭre mahābale | śavayānasthite devi pretāsanagate śive ||
हे चामुंडा। तेरा चेहरा जल रहा है। तेरे दाँत तेज़ हैं। तुझमें बड़ी ताकत है। हे देवी, तू मुर्दे पे बैठी है। हे शिवा, तू प्रेत के आसन पर है।
Rudra
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It records a set of strong iconographic markers (śava/preta seating) that are important for tracking the literary formation of fierce Devī imagery across Sanskrit sources.
No geographic location is specified; the imagery is symbolic rather than topographic.
The verse uses intense symbolism to communicate protection and the overcoming of fear and mortality within the text’s poetic framework.
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