Varaha Purana 21.52: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 52
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
नारायणं पाशुपतमुभेऽस्त्रे व्योम्नि रोषिते । युयुधाते भृशं दिव्यं परस्परजिघांसया । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु तयोर्युद्धमभूत् तदा ॥ २१.५३ ॥
nārāyaṇaṃ pāśupatam ubhe ’stre vyomni roṣite | yuyudhāte bhṛśaṃ divyaṃ parasparajighāṃsayā | divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tayor yuddham abhūt tadā || 21.53 ||
Kemudian di angkasa, dua senjata ilahi—Nārāyaṇa dan Pāśupata—menjadi murka dan bertempur dengan dahsyat, masing-masing berniat memusnahkan yang lain; dan pada waktu itu pertempuran mereka berlangsung selama seribu tahun ilahi.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: dramatizing theological concepts through personified divine weapons and situating events within “divine time,” a literary device used to convey cosmic scale rather than ordinary chronology.
No specific terrestrial location is named in this verse; the setting is “vyoman” (the sky), indicating a celestial arena rather than a mapped pilgrimage geography.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; instead, it foregrounds the theme of uncontrolled wrath and mutual destructiveness, which later Purāṇic contexts often resolve through restraint, pacification, or higher-order cosmic balance.
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