Varaha Purana 21.11: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 11
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
सा च दाक्षायणी देवी पुनर्भूता नृपोत्तम । ततो दक्षः प्रहृष्टात्मा दौहित्रान् स्वान् स वृद्धिकृत् । दृष्ट्वा यज्ञम् अथारेभे प्रीणनाय प्रजापतिः ॥ २१.१२ ॥
sā ca dākṣāyaṇī devī punarbhūtā nṛpottama | tato dakṣaḥ prahṛṣṭātmā dauhitrān svān sa vṛddhikṛt | dṛṣṭvā yajñam athārebhe prīṇanāya prajāpatiḥ || 21.12 ||
ಹೇ ನೃಪೋತ್ತಮ! ದಾಕ್ಷಾಯಣಿ ದೇವಿ ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ ಪಡೆದಳು. ನಂತರ ದಕ್ಷನು ಹರ್ಷಿತಚಿತ್ತನಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ದೌಹಿತ್ರರನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಅವರ ವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಕಾರಣನಾಗಿ, ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿ ತೃಪ್ತಿಗಾಗಿ ಯಜ್ಞವನ್ನು ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದನು.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern linking lineage (rebirth and descendants) with ritual legitimacy, presenting yajña as a central cultural institution managed by Prajāpati figures such as Dakṣa.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is genealogical and ritual rather than topographical.
Implicitly, the verse frames social continuity (family lineage) and public ritual action (yajña) as means of maintaining order and communal well-being, without prescribing sectarian superiority.
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