Varaha Purana 21.66: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 66
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
अदर्शनेऽनयद् देव मूढविज्ञानतोऽधुना । कृतमस्माभिरेवेश तदत्र क्षम्यतां प्रभो ॥ २१.६७ ॥
adarśane 'nayad deva mūḍha-vijñānato 'dhunā | kṛtam asmābhir eveśa tad atra kṣamyatāṃ prabho || 21.67 ||
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Pṛthivī (default dialogic framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic rhetorical pattern: a subordinate interlocutor acknowledges error (often framed as mūḍha-vijñāna, “misguided understanding”) and requests kṣamā (forgiveness), reflecting ethical self-regulation within didactic dialogue.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment; it functions as a moral-psychological statement rather than a sacred-geography marker.
The verse foregrounds accountability and correction: recognizing that actions may arise from confused understanding and explicitly seeking forgiveness as a means of restoring proper order in discourse and conduct.
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