Varaha Purana 27.23: Adhyaya 27, Shloka 23
The Slaying of Andhaka and the Manifestation of the Eight Mother-Goddesses from Divine Afflictions
तत्र भग्नेषु देवेषु स्वयं रुद्रोऽन्धकं ययौ । तत्र तेन महद्युद्धमभवल्लोमहर्षणम् ॥ २७.२३ ॥
tatra bhagneṣu deveṣu svayaṁ rudro ’ndhakaṁ yayau | tatra tena mahad yuddham abhaval lomaharṣaṇam || 27.23 ||
അവിടെ ദേവന്മാർ തോറ്റപ്പോൾ സ്വയം രുദ്രൻ അന്ധകനെ നേരിടാൻ മുന്നേറി; അവിടെ അവനോടൊപ്പം രോമാഞ്ചം ഉണർത്തുന്ന മഹായുദ്ധം നടന്നു।
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif in which a major deity intervenes after the devas suffer defeat, illustrating the layered intertextual tradition of mythic warfare episodes across Purāṇas.
No specific sacred site or geographic toponym is named in this verse; it is framed as an internal narrative scene (“tatra,” ‘there’) dependent on the surrounding passage.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical content is primarily narrative, emphasizing the escalation of conflict and the consequential intervention of a principal figure (Rudra).
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