Varaha Purana 21.83: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 83
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
गृहीतायां तु कन्यायां दाक्षायण्यां पितामहः । ददौ रुद्रस्य निलयं कैलासं सुरसन्निधौ ॥ २१.८४ ॥
gṛhītāyāṃ tu kanyāyāṃ dākṣāyaṇyāṃ pitāmahaḥ | dadau rudrasya nilayaṃ kailāsaṃ surasannidhau || 21.84 ||
ਦਾਕਸ਼ਾਯਣੀ ਕਨਿਆ ਦੇ ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ ਹੋ ਜਾਣ ਉਪਰੰਤ ਪਿਤਾਮਹ ਨੇ ਦੇਵ-ਸਭਾ ਦੀ ਸਨਿੱਧੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਵਜੋਂ ਕੈਲਾਸ ਬਖ਼ਸ਼ਿਆ।
Varāha (default dialogue frame; speaker not explicit in this fragment)
Cosmic administration assigns appropriate ‘sthāna’ (abode/role) to deities, reflecting harmony between function and place.
Recognize ‘right place/right role’: align one’s duties and environment with one’s svadharma to reduce friction and increase stability.
Varāha Purāṇa 21.21.85 (Rudra’s departure to Kailāsa)
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The verse reflects a common Purāṇic motif in which major deities receive defined cosmic abodes, linking genealogical episodes (e.g., Dakṣa’s lineage through Dākṣāyaṇī) to the sacralization of specific landscapes such as Kailāsa.
Kailāsa (Kailāsa Mountain), a renowned sacred-geographical locus in Indic literature, often associated with the Himalayan region in later cultural and scholarly identifications.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse communicates a cultural-philosophical principle: sacred space is established through cosmological order and relational duties, framing certain landscapes as heritage sites embedded in narrative memory.
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