Varaha Purana 21.4: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 4
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
रुद्रायामितदेहाय स्वयं ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः । स तां लब्ध्वा वरारोहां मुदा परमया युतः ॥ २१.५ ॥
rudrāyāmitadehāya svayaṃ brahmā prajāpatiḥ | sa tāṃ labdhvā varārohāṃ mudā paramayā yutaḥ || 21.5 ||
プラジャーパティたるブラフマー自らが、量り知れぬ身相のルドラに彼女を授けた。気高く肢体麗しいその女性を得て、彼はこの上ない歓喜に満たされた。
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative mode in which cosmic lineages and divine relationships are framed through concise matrimonial or bestowal episodes, supporting broader genealogical and cosmological schemata.
No geographic location is specified in this verse fragment; it is focused on divine figures and narrative action rather than sacred geography.
The verse does not present an explicit ethical injunction; its primary function is narrative—recording a bestowal and the resulting emotional state—within a genealogical/cosmological account.
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