Varaha Purana 95.5: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 5
The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power
देवेषु चैव भग्नेषु विनिर्गत्य जलात् ततः । चतुरङ्गबलोपेतः प्रायादिन्द्रपुरं प्रति ॥
deveṣu caiva bhagneṣu vinirgatya jalāt tataḥ | caturaṅgabalopetaḥ prāyād indrapuraṁ prati ||
ദേവന്മാർ പരാജിതരായപ്പോൾ, അവൻ ജലത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്തുവന്ന്, ചതുരംഗസേനയോടുകൂടി ഇന്ദ്രപുരിയിലേക്കു പ്രയാണം ചെയ്തു.
Varāha (default narrative instructor framework)
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It preserves the technical term caturaṅga-bala and a mythic-geographic destination (Indrapura), illustrating how Purāṇas combine military vocabulary with cosmological settings.
Indrapura is named as Indra’s city (a celestial/purāṇic locale rather than a securely mappable terrestrial site in this context).
The verse is primarily narrative; ethical evaluation is not stated explicitly.
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