Varaha Purana 10.40 — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 40
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
दुर्जयश्च सुराञ्जित्वा यावत् प्रतिनिवर्तते । गन्धमादनपृष्ठे तु स्कन्धावारनिवेशनम् । कृत्वावस्थितसम्भारमागतं तापसौ तु तम ॥ १०.४१ ॥
durjayaś ca surāñ jitvā yāvat pratinivartate | gandhamādana-pṛṣṭhe tu skandhāvāra-niveśanam | kṛtvāvasthita-sambhāram āgataṃ tāpasau tu tam || 10.41 ||
ଦେବମାନଙ୍କୁ ଜିତି ଦୁର୍ଜୟ ଯେତେବେଳେ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟାବର୍ତ୍ତନ କରୁଥିଲା, ସେ ଗନ୍ଧମାଦନ ପର୍ବତର ଢାଳରେ ସେନାଛାଉଣୀ ସ୍ଥାପନ କଲା। ସମ୍ଭାର-ସାମଗ୍ରୀ ସଜାଇ ରଖିଥିବାବେଳେ, ସେଇ ତାପସ ଯୁଗଳ ତାଙ୍କ ପାଖକୁ ଆସିଲେ।
Varāha (default dialogue framework: instructor voice)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"None","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"Gandhamādana (Himālaya region)","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
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Subject Matter: ["Geography","Historical Narratives","Kingship and Warfare"]
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Type: mythic Himalayan mountain / strategic highland
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 10.10.42 (approach and petition to Durjaya)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"tense-narrative","suggested_raga":"Darbārī Kānaḍā","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"grave, weighty, slightly dramatic"}
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic narrative motif where political-military movement (victory, return, encampment) is anchored to named sacred geography, offering evidence for how texts mapped power and travel onto culturally significant landscapes.
Gandhamādana, a mytho-geographic mountain associated with the Himalayan cosmographic sphere in Sanskrit literature; modern scholarship typically treats it as a literary-geographic toponym rather than a single fixed mountain.
The verse itself is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; it foregrounds preparedness and the encounter between worldly power (encampment and conquest) and ascetic presence (tāpasau), a common Purāṇic setup for subsequent moral or philosophical instruction.
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