Varaha Purana 27.28: Adhyaya 27, Shloka 28
The Slaying of Andhaka and the Manifestation of the Eight Mother-Goddesses from Divine Afflictions
स्वरूपधारिणी चान्या विष्णुनापि विनिर्मिता । ब्रह्मणा कार्तिकेयेन इन्द्रेण च यमेन च । वराहेण च देवेन विष्णुना परमेष्ठिना ॥ २७.२९ ॥
svarūpadhāriṇī cānyā viṣṇunāpi vinirmītā | brahmaṇā kārtikeyena indreṇa ca yamena ca | varāheṇa ca devena viṣṇunā parameṣṭhinā || 27.29 ||
മറ്റൊരു സ്വരൂപധാരിണിയായ (ദേവി) വിഷ്ണുവാലും നിർമ്മിതയായി; അതുപോലെ ബ്രഹ്മാവ്, കാർത്തികേയൻ, ഇന്ദ്രൻ, യമൻ, ദേവ വരാഹൻ എന്നിവരാലും—പരമേഷ്ഠിയായ വിഷ്ണുവാലും।
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in the fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic compositional tendency to present divine agency through multiple authoritative figures, indicating layered redactional traditions and a shared mythic vocabulary across sectarian contexts.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological/theological rather than topographical.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse emphasizes cosmological causality and the attribution of manifested forms to major divine agents.
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