Varaha Purana 27.4: Adhyaya 27, Shloka 4
The Slaying of Andhaka and the Manifestation of the Eight Mother-Goddesses from Divine Afflictions
देवा ऊचुः । अन्धकेनार्दिताः सर्वे वयं देवा जगत्पते । त्राहि सर्वांश्चतुर्वक्त्र पितामह नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ २७.४ ॥
devā ūcuḥ | andhakena arditāḥ sarve vayaṃ devā jagatpate | trāhi sarvāṃś caturvaktra pitāmaha namo 'stu te || 27.4 ||
Bogowie rzekli: „Dręczeni przez Andhakę, wszyscy my, bogowie, jesteśmy przytłoczeni, o Panie świata. Chroń nas wszystkich, o Czterolicy, o Pitamaha; niech będzie ci hołd.”
Devāḥ (the gods)
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative motif: divine beings appeal to a creator-figure (here addressed as caturvaktra/pitāmaha, i.e., Brahmā) during a crisis caused by an asura, reflecting the genre’s courtly and cosmological idiom of petition and protection.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; it is framed as a cosmic/political appeal within the mythic narrative.
The verse foregrounds a diplomatic-ethical pattern in Purāṇic literature: acknowledging limits in the face of violence and seeking protection through respectful address and collective responsibility, rather than escalating conflict unilaterally.
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