Varaha Purana 28.29: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 29
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
त्रिलोकस्थे त्रितत्त्वस्थे त्रिवह्निस्थे त्रिशूलिनि । त्रिनेत्रे भीमवक्त्रे च भीमनेत्रे भयानके । कमलासनजे देवि सरस्वति नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ २८.२९ ॥
trilokasthe tritattvasthe trivahnisthe triśūlini | trinetre bhīmavaktre ca bhīmanetre bhayānake | kamalāsanaje devi sarasvati namo 'stu te || 28.29 ||
ഹേ ദേവി സരസ്വതി! ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിൽ സ്ഥിതയായവളേ, ത്രിതത്ത്വത്തിൽ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതയായവളേ, ത്രിവഹ്നികളിൽ വസിക്കുന്നവളേ; ത്രിശൂലധാരിണി, ത്രിനേത്രി; ഭീമമുഖി, ഭീമദൃഷ്ടിയുള്ളവളേ, ഭയങ്കരീ; കമലാസനൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) നിന്നു ജനിച്ച ദേവി—നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം.
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It preserves a Purāṇic style of Devī-stuti that blends cosmological epithets with Vedic ritual vocabulary (e.g., the “three fires”), reflecting how Purāṇic compilers integrated older ritual concepts into later narrative-liturgical contexts.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the reference is cosmological (“three worlds”) rather than topographical.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse models an epistemic/disciplinary posture: reverential address to speech and learning (Sarasvatī) as a prerequisite for correct understanding and transmission of knowledge.
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