Varaha Purana 21.22: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 22
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
रौद्रसर्गस्य सम्भूतिस्तदा सद्योऽपि जायते । इदानीं रुद्रसर्गं त्वं शृणु पार्थिवसत्तम ॥ २१.२३ ॥
raudrasargasya sambhūtis tadā sadyo ’pi jāyate | idānīṁ rudrasargaṁ tvaṁ śṛṇu pārthiva-sattama || 21.23 ||
ラウドラの創造（Raudra-sarga）の生起は、その時、ただちに起こる。いま、地上の王の中の最勝者よ、ルドラの創造（Rudra-sarga）について聞け。
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It functions as a narrative transition typical of Purāṇic composition, signaling a new cosmogonic subsection (Rudra-sarga) and reflecting the text’s layered sarga-based organization used to systematize creation accounts.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a structural cue introducing a cosmological narrative segment.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse emphasizes attentive reception of instruction (śṛṇu, “listen”), a common pedagogical framing device in Sanskrit didactic literature.
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