Varaha Purana 94.6: Adhyaya 94, Shloka 6
The Birth of Mahiṣāsura and the Goddess’s Victory as Mahīṣamardinī
Pūrva Bhāga · Narrative Genealogies and Ethical Causality (Śāpa–Śāpānta motifs)
तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स मुनिः करुणान्वितः । शापान्तमकरोत्तस्या वाक्यं छेदमुवाच ह ॥
tasyās tad vacanaṃ śrutvā sa muniḥ karuṇānvitaḥ | śāpāntam akarot tasyā vākyaṃ chedam uvāca ha ||
tasyAstad vachanaM shrutvA sa muniH karuNAnvitaH | shApAntamakarot tasyA vAkyaM chedamuvAcha ha
അവളുടെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് കരുണാന്വിതനായ ആ മുനി അവളുടെ ശാപത്തിന് അന്ത്യം വരുത്തി; പിന്നെ ശാപനിവൃത്തിക്കുള്ള നിബന്ധന സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്ന വചനങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞു.
Sandhi Notes
- tasyās tad ← tasyāḥ + tat (visarga before t- becomes s)
- karuṇānvitaḥ ← karuṇā + anvitaḥ (ā+a→ā)
- śāpāntam ← śāpa + antam (a+a→ā)
- akaro t tasyā ← akarot + tasyāḥ (t+t gemination in writing)
Muni (sage) in the narrative
Dayā (compassion) in a dharmic agent does not negate ṛta/dharma; it reframes consequences through a constructive condition that restores order.
When granting forgiveness or relief, set clear restorative conditions; when receiving relief, honor the condition as part of ethical repair.
A curse may be compassionately mitigated by a sage, yet its cessation is typically tied to a stated condition (niyama) rather than erased without remainder.
Acceptance and fulfillment of the condition leads to release (śāpānta); refusal prolongs the karmic bondage implied by the curse.
94.94.15 (the explicit condition: birth of one son)
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It preserves a narrative pattern where ascetic authority is balanced by karuṇā (compassion), reflecting ethical ideals associated with sages in Purāṇic literature.
No location is named in this verse.
Moral judgment may be tempered by compassion, while still maintaining conditions that acknowledge responsibility.
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