Varaha Purana 95.23: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 23
The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power
तस्याः कालान्तरे देव्यास्तपन्त्यास्तप उत्तमम् । रुरुर्नाम महातेजा ब्रह्मदत्तवरोऽसुरः ॥
tasyāḥ kālāntare devyāstapantyāstapa uttamam | rururnāma mahātejā brahmadattavaro'suraḥ ||
Setelah beberapa waktu, ketika Dewi itu sedang melaksanakan tapa yang paling utama, muncullah seorang Asura yang bercahaya besar bernama Ruru, yang memperoleh anugerah kurnia Brahmā.
Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)
FAQs
It highlights the Purāṇic causal chain of tapas → boon → conflict, a narrative mechanism used to explain extraordinary power within a moral-cosmological order.
No place-name is stated; the setting is temporal (‘after some time’) and situational (austerity) rather than geographic.
It implies that ascetic power and boons can reshape outcomes, underscoring the need to contextualize power within accountability and cosmic order.
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