Varaha Purana 21.51: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 51
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
ततो हरिहरं युद्धमभवल्लोमहर्षणम् । रुद्रः पाशुपतास्त्रेण विव्याध हरिमोजसा । हरिर्नारायणास्त्रेण रुद्रं विव्याध कोपवान् ॥ २१.५२ ॥
tato hariharaṃ yuddham abhaval lomaharṣaṇam | rudraḥ pāśupatāstreṇa vivyādha harim ojasā | harir nārāyaṇāstreṇa rudraṃ vivyādha kopavān || 21.52 ||
तेव्हा हरि व हर यांच्यात लोमहर्षक युद्ध झाले। रुद्राने पाशुपत अस्त्राने पराक्रमाने हरिला विद्ध केले; आणि क्रुद्ध हरिने नारायण अस्त्राने रुद्राला विद्ध केले।
Varāha (default narrator framework; explicit speaker not stated in the excerpt)
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic narrative technique in which major deities are depicted in conflict through named astras (weapon-mantras), reflecting shared mythic vocabulary across sectarian corpora while remaining part of a literary, not historiographic, register.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is focused on the combat episode and the deployment of the Pāśupata and Nārāyaṇa weapons.
The verse does not present an explicit ethical injunction; its philosophical interest lies in portraying controlled power (ojas) and anger (kopa) as narrative forces, framed through the symbolic use of astras rather than direct moral teaching.
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