Varaha Purana 28.34: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 34
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
यावदास्ते चतुर्वक्त्रस्तावदन्तर्जलाद्बहिः । निश्चक्राम ततो देवीं कृतकृत्यां ददर्श सः ॥ २८.३४ ॥
yāvad āste caturvaktras tāvad antarjalād bahiḥ | niścakrāma tato devīṃ kṛtakṛtyāṃ dadarśa saḥ || 28.34 ||
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Varāha (default speaker framework; the verse narrates actions rather than direct speech)
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It preserves a standard Purāṇic cosmogonic motif: emergence from primordial waters and the restoration of Earth (Pr̥thivī) after a crisis, reflecting early medieval Sanskrit narrative theology and cosmology.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is set in a cosmological scene involving the waters (antar-jala) rather than a mapped terrestrial location.
Implicitly, it emphasizes completion of duty (kṛtakṛtyā)—the ideal of fulfilling a necessary task for cosmic stability—rather than prescribing a direct moral rule.
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