Varaha Purana 96.6: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 6
The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā
कालेन महता चासौ लोकपालपुराण्यथ ॥ जिगीषुः सैन्यसंवीतो देवैर्युद्धमरॊचयत्
kālena mahatā cāsau lokapālapurāṇy atha || jigīṣuḥ sainyasaṃvīto devair yuddham arocayat
काफी टाइम बाद उसने जीत का सोचा। अपनी सेना ले के वो आगे बढ़ा। लोकपालों की नगरियों की तरफ गया और देवताओं से युद्ध शुरू किया।
Varāha (default, not explicit in fragment)
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The verse reflects Purāṇic political imagery—'cities of the Lokapālas'—used to symbolize cosmic governance and its challenge by conquest-driven antagonists.
The 'cities of the Lokapālas' are mythic-political spaces tied to directional deities, not directly mappable to a single modern location.
It cautions against conquest as an end in itself, presenting aggression as a catalyst for disorder that invites corrective counterforce.
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