Varaha Purana 96.73: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 73
The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā
अष्टादश तथा कोट्यो वैष्णव्याः भेदू उच्यते ॥ या विष्णो राजसी शक्तिः पालनī चैव वैष्णवी ॥
aṣṭādaśa tathā koṭyo vaiṣṇavyāḥ bhedū ucyate || yā viṣṇo rājasī śaktiḥ pālanī caiva vaiṣṇavī ||
वैष्णवी की अठारह करोड़ शक्तियाँ हैं। यह विष्णु की शक्ति है जो दुनिया को संभालती है।
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It connects Viṣṇu’s preservative role (pālana) with rājasī śakti, showing how Purāṇic authors map divine functions onto philosophical guṇa categories.
No geographic location is mentioned.
Implicitly, it valorizes the preserving/maintaining function as a structured principle of order, though no explicit ethical rule is stated.
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