Varaha Purana 96.40: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 40
The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā
रुरुस्तु दानवेन्द्रस्य चर्ममुण्डे क्षणाद्यतः ॥ अपहृत्यैर्देवी चामुण्डा तेन सा अभवत् ॥
rurustu dānavendrasya carmamuṇḍe kṣaṇādyataḥ || apahṛtyairdevī cāmuṇḍā tena sā abhavat ||
रुरु दानव का सिर और चमड़ी एक पल में छीन ली गई। इस वजह से देवी का नाम चामुंडा पड़ गया।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It illustrates a Purāṇic onomastic strategy: deities receive epithets tied to specific narrative acts, which later support iconographic and ritual traditions.
No location is named; the verse explains an epithet rather than mapping a site.
The focus is explanatory (how a name arises). Ethically, it underscores accountability and consequence within the narrative world.
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