Varaha Purana 201.48: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 48
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
लोकान्सर्वानहं हन्मि सर्वघाती न संशयः ॥ गच्छ गच्छ यथास्थानं युद्धं च त्यजतु स्वयम् ॥
lokān sarvān ahaṃ hanmi sarvaghātī na saṃśayaḥ || gaccha gaccha yathāsthānaṃ yuddhaṃ ca tyajatu svayam ||
“Aku membinasakan semua alam; aku pembunuh segala-galanya—tiada keraguan. Pergilah, pergilah ke tempatmu yang sepatutnya, dan biarlah dia sendiri meninggalkan peperangan.”
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
FAQs
It dramatizes the inevitability of death as a cosmic force, a motif that informs Purāṇic ethical discourse by placing worldly conflict under a larger principle.
No geographic location is named; “yathāsthānam” indicates a normative or assigned station rather than a place-name.
The implied instruction is de-escalation: withdraw from conflict and return to one’s proper station when confronted by an overriding order.
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