Varaha Purana 11.76: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 76
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
सरथाः सध्वजाः साश्वाः सबाणाः सासिचर्मिणः । सधनुष्काः सतूणीराः योधाः परमदुर्जयाः ॥ निश्चेरुस्तं मणिं भित्वा असंख्येया महाबलाः ॥ ११.७७ ॥
sarathāḥ sadhvajāḥ sāśvāḥ sabāṇāḥ sāsi-carmiṇaḥ | sadhanuṣkāḥ satūṇīrā yodhāḥ paramadurjayāḥ | niścerus taṃ maṇiṃ bhitvā asaṅkhyeyā mahābalāḥ || 11.77 ||
ധ്വജങ്ങളോടുകൂടിയ രഥങ്ങളിൽ, അശ്വങ്ങളോടെ, ബാണം–ഖഡ്ഗം–ഢാൽ എന്നിവയാൽ സജ്ജരായി, ധനുസ്സും തൂണീരും ധരിച്ച, പരമദുര്ജയരും അസംഖ്യരുമായ മഹാബല യോദ്ധാക്കൾ ആ മണിയെ ഭേദിച്ച് പുറത്തേക്ക് പാഞ്ഞുവന്നു।
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It preserves a Purāṇic catalogue of martial equipment (chariots, standards, bows, quivers, swords, shields), reflecting the conventional heroic diction shared across Sanskrit epic and Purāṇic literature rather than a verifiable battle report.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse; the passage is a descriptive action sequence without location markers in the provided line.
The verse is primarily descriptive (vīra-rasa/heroic register) and does not state an explicit ethical injunction; its function is to intensify narrative stakes by emphasizing the warriors’ preparedness and number.
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