The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā
समुद्रमध्ये रत्नाढ्यं पुरमस्ति महावनम् । तत्र राजा स दैत्येन्द्रः सर्वदेवभयङ्करः ॥
samudramadhye ratnāḍhyaṃ puram asti mahāvanam | tatra rājā sa daityendraḥ sarvadevabhayaṅkaraḥ ||
സമുദ്രത്തിന്റെ നടുവിൽ രത്നസമൃദ്ധമായ ഒരു നഗരം ഉണ്ട്; അതിനെ ചുറ്റി മഹാവനം. അവിടെ ആ ദൈത്യേന്ദ്രൻ രാജാവായി, സർവദേവർക്കും ഭയങ്കരനായി വാഴുന്നു.
Varāha (continuation context)
It records a mythic topography—an oceanic city—useful for mapping Purāṇic spatial imagination and its symbolic geographies.
A non-specific “city in the middle of the ocean” is described; it is mythic rather than a verifiable historical site.
No explicit instruction is stated; the verse establishes the setting and power dynamics for the ensuing narrative.
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