Varaha Purana 32.8: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 8
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
स धर्मः पीडितः पूर्वं सोमेनाद्भुतकर्मणा । तारां जिघृक्षता पत्नीं भ्रातुराङ्गिरसस्य ह ॥ ३२.९ ॥
sa dharmaḥ pīḍitaḥ pūrvaṃ somenādbhuta-karmaṇā | tārāṃ jighṛkṣatā patnīṃ bhrātur āṅgirasasya ha || 32.9 ||
ಹಿಂದೆ ಅದ್ಭುತಕರ್ಮನಾದ ಸೋಮನು ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಪೀಡಿಸಿದನು; ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಭ್ರಾತೃ ಆಂಗಿರಸನ ಪತ್ನಿ ತಾರೆಯನ್ನು ಅಪಹರಿಸಲು ಬಯಸಿದಾಗ.
Varāha (default narrative speaker framework)
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It reflects a recurrent Purāṇic narrative motif where breaches of social and moral order (dharma) are illustrated through well-known mythic episodes, serving as a didactic frame within Sanskrit literary tradition.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; it is focused on a mythic-ethical episode involving Soma, Tārā, and Aṅgirasa.
The verse foregrounds the disruption of dharma caused by an attempt to appropriate another’s spouse, presenting transgression as a source of social and cosmic disturbance.
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