Varaha Purana 33.19: Adhyaya 33, Shloka 19
The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati
भविष्यत्रिपुरान्ताय तथान्धकविनाशिने । कैलासवरवासाय करिकृत्तिनिवासिने ॥ ३३.१९ ॥
bhaviṣyatripurāntāya tathāndhakavināśine | kailāsavaravāsāya karikṛttinivāsine || 33.19 ||
Salam hormat kepada-Nya yang kelak menjadi pembinasa Tripura, dan juga pemusnah Andhaka; kepada-Nya yang bersemayam mulia di Kailāsa; kepada-Nya yang berdiam dengan balutan kulit gajah (sebagai pakaian).
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It preserves a compact set of pan-Purāṇic epithets associated with Śiva (e.g., Tripurāntaka, Andhakavināśin), illustrating how Purāṇic compendia embed widely circulating mythic cycles and devotional formulae within broader narrative frameworks.
Kailāsa is named as a paradigmatic sacred mountain in Sanskrit literature, commonly associated with the Himalayan region; in modern scholarship it is often discussed in relation to Mount Kailash (Tibetan plateau), though Purāṇic geography may also operate symbolically as well as topographically.
The verse primarily functions as a stuti (praise formula) rather than a direct moral injunction; its philosophical instruction is the cultivation of reverential attention to exemplars of restraint and transformative power, framed through iconic attributes (Kailāsa abode, ascetic attire).
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