Varaha Purana 92.32: Adhyaya 92, Shloka 32
The Demon King’s Council Deliberation and the Mobilization of an Army to Conquer the Devas
एवमुक्तस्तथोवाच प्रघसो दानवेश्वरम् । या सा ते कथिता दैत्य नारदेन महासती । सा शक्तिः परमा देवी वैष्णवी लोकधारिणी ॥
evam uktas tathovāca praghaso dānaveśvaram | yā sā te kathitā daitya nāradena mahāsatī | sā śaktiḥ paramā devī vaiṣṇavī lokadhāriṇī ||
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ പ്രഘസൻ ദാനവേശ്വരനോട് പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ ദൈത്യാ, നാരദൻ നിന്നോട് പറഞ്ഞ ആ മഹാസതി തന്നെയാണ് പരമശക്തി—ദേവി വൈഷ്ണവി, ലോകങ്ങളെ ധരിക്കുന്നവൾ.”
Praghasa
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic theological idiom where cosmic stability is attributed to a supreme śakti, here explicitly identified as Vaiṣṇavī, illustrating sectarian vocabulary within a broader Sanskrit mythic archive.
No explicit geographic location appears in this verse; its focus is conceptual (cosmic sustenance: loka-dhāraṇa).
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: recognizing a sustaining cosmic principle (śakti) behind worldly order.
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