Varaha Purana 21.43: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 43
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
ततस्तस्मिन् महारौद्रे संग्रामे भीमरूपिणि । रुद्रो भगस्य नेत्रे तु बिभेदैकॆषुणा मृधे ॥ २१.४४ ॥
tatastasmīn mahāraudre saṅgrāme bhīmarūpiṇi | rudro bhagasya netre tu bibhedaikeṣuṇā mṛdhe || 21.44 ||
Kemudian, dalam pertempuran yang amat dahsyat dan mengerikan itu, Rudra di medan laga menembus mata Bhaga dengan satu anak panah saja.
Varāha (default narrative voice per repository rule; explicit speaker not stated in the fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic combat motif associated with the broader Dakṣa-related narrative tradition, illustrating how later Sanskrit texts transmit and reshape shared mythic episodes through compact battle descriptions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is a battlefield scene without a specific toponym in the provided line.
Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse functions as narrative documentation of conflict; its philosophical interest lies in portraying the consequences of hostility and the dramatic stakes of divine contention within Purāṇic storytelling.
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