Varaha Purana 201.40: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 40
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
पच शीघ्रमिमान्पापान्योगेन च बलेन च ॥ ततस्ते त्वरितं गत्वा यत्र ते पिशिताशनाः ॥
paca śīghram imān pāpān yogena ca balena ca || tatas te tvaritaṃ gatvā yatra te piśitāśanāḥ ||
“ಈ ಪಾಪಿಗಳನ್ನು ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ದಹಿಸಿರಿ—ಯೋಗಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದಲೂ ಬಲದಿಂದಲೂ.” ನಂತರ ಅವರು ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಹೋಗಿ, ಆ ಮಾಂಸಭಕ್ಷಕರು ಇದ್ದ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ತಲುಪಿದರು।
Sureśvara/Commander figure (contextually Jvara), ordering subordinates
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It shows how Purāṇic texts integrate ‘yoga’ as a register of extraordinary efficacy alongside physical force, indicating layered notions of agency.
No geographic location is specified; the verse only indicates movement “to where” the opponents were.
The passage frames punitive action against ‘pāpāḥ’ as legitimate within the story’s moral universe, emphasizing restoration of order rather than personal ethics.
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