Varaha Purana 94.23 — Adhyaya 94, Shloka 23
The Birth of Mahiṣāsura and the Goddess’s Victory as Mahīṣamardinī
विद्युत्प्रभा उवाच । देवि पूर्वमृषिस्त्वासीदादिसर्गे कसंभवः । सखा सारस्वतो जातः सुपार्श्वो नाम वै विभुः ॥
vidyutprabhā uvāca | devi pūrvam ṛṣis tv āsīd ādisarge kasaṃbhavaḥ | sakhā sārasvato jātaḥ supārśvo nāma vai vibhuḥ
Vidyutprabhā berkata: “Wahai Dewi, dahulu pada penciptaan mula-mula ada seorang resi bernama Kasaṃbhava. Sahabatnya, yang lahir karena keterkaitan dengan Sarasvatī, adalah yang perkasa bernama Supārśva.”
Vidyutprabhā (as explicitly stated in the verse)
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Genealogy","Sage Traditions"]
FAQs
It reflects Purāṇic interest in primordial lineages and sage networks, using named figures to anchor cosmological time (ādi-sarga) in narrative genealogy.
No geographic location is named; the reference is temporal/cosmological ('ādi-sarga').
No explicit ethical injunction is present; the verse primarily supplies lineage and background information for subsequent narrative or doctrinal framing.
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