Varaha Purana 11.83: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 83
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
द्वन्द्वान्यनेकानि तथैव युद्धे द्रवन्ति शूराः परिभर्त्सयन्तः । विभीषणं निर्गतचापमार्गं बभूव बाहुप्रभवं सुघोरम् ॥ ११.८४ ॥
dvandvāny anekāni tathaiva yuddhe dravanti śūrāḥ paribhartsayantaḥ | vibhīṣaṇaṃ nirgata-cāpa-mārgaṃ babhūva bāhu-prabhavaṃ sughoram || 11.84 ||
യുദ്ധത്തിൽ അനേകം ദ്വന്ദ്വയുദ്ധങ്ങൾ പൊട്ടിപ്പുറപ്പെട്ടു; വീരർ പരിഹാസവും ലല്കാരവും ചൊല്ലി മുന്നേറി. അപ്പോൾ ധനുസ്സിന്റെ പ്രഹാരപഥത്തിലേക്ക് വന്ന വിഭീഷണനോടു ഭുജബലജനിതമായ അതിഭീകരമായ ഒരു അസ്ത്രം ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു.
Varāha (default frame; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a Purāṇic-style retelling that adopts epic martial conventions (duels, taunts, missile imagery), illustrating how Purāṇas preserve and reframe earlier narrative materials for later audiences.
No specific geographic toponym is named in this verse; it is a battlefield setting without explicit location markers in the given line.
Implicitly, it presents the martial ethos of valor and confrontation (śūrāḥ, dvandvāni), while also foregrounding the dangers of escalation through taunts and weapon-trajectory exposure.
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