Varaha Purana 96.41: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 41
The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā
वास्च सर्वसंपन्न युयुधुनिच ॥ स च मायां महा इतं समताडयत् ॥ सर्वभूतमहाराुद्री या देवी परमेश्वरी ॥ संहारिणी तु या चैव कालरात्रिः प्रकीर्तिता ॥
vāś ca sarvasaṃpanna yuyudhuni ca || sa ca māyāṃ mahā itaṃ samatāḍayat || sarvabhūtamahāraudrī yā devī parameśvarī || saṃhāriṇī tu yā caiva kālarātriḥ prakīrtitā ||
[Baris naskhah tidak jelas/rosak.] … lalu dia memukul māyā yang agung itu. Dewi, Penguasa Tertinggi, yang menggerunkan segala makhluk dan juga Sang Pemusnah, dimasyhurkan sebagai Kālarātri.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It exemplifies how Purāṇic manuscripts often preserve variant or damaged readings; simultaneously, it records a goddess-epithet tradition (Kālarātri) that is significant for later theological and iconographic developments.
No geographic site is mentioned in the readable portion.
Rather than a direct ethical rule, it presents a doctrinal characterization: destructive power is framed as a cosmic function embodied by the goddess.
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