Varaha Purana 21.45: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 45
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
सृजन्तमिषुजालानि पूषणं तु महामृधे । दृष्ट्वा रुद्रोऽस्य दन्तांस्तु चकर्ष परवीरहा ॥ २१.४६ ॥
sṛjantam iṣujālāni pūṣaṇaṃ tu mahāmṛdhe | dṛṣṭvā rudro 'sya dantāṃs tu cakarṣa paravīrahā || 21.46 ||
മഹായുദ്ധത്തിൽ പൂഷൻ അമ്പുകളുടെ ജാലങ്ങൾ സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്നതു കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, പരവീരഹാ രുദ്രൻ അവന്റെ പല്ലുകൾ വലിച്ചുപറിച്ചു.
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It preserves a Purāṇic battle motif involving well-known Vedic figures (Rudra and Pūṣan), illustrating how later Sanskrit narrative literature reworks older deity profiles into dramatic conflict episodes.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is set generically 'in the great battle' (mahāmṛdhe).
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; it conveys the intensity and consequences of violent conflict within mythic narrative rather than stating an explicit ethical injunction.
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