Boons from Shiva and the Daiva-Asura War
अग्रतो द्वादशादित्याः पृष्ठतश्च त्रिलोचनाः मध्ये ऽष्टौ वसवो विश्वे साध्याश्विमरुतां गणाः यभविद्याधराद्याश्च स्वं स्वं वाहनमास्थिताः
agrato dvādaśādityāḥ pṛṣṭhataśca trilocanāḥ madhye 'ṣṭau vasavo viśve sādhyāśvimarutāṃ gaṇāḥ yabhavidyādharādyāśca svaṃ svaṃ vāhanamāsthitāḥ
अग्रतो द्वादशादित्याः पृष्ठतस्त्रिलोचनाः। मध्येऽष्टौ वसवो विश्वे साध्याश्विमरुतां गणाः। यक्षविद्याधराद्याश्च स्वं स्वं वाहनमास्थिताः॥
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Dharma is upheld through plurality-in-unity: diverse divine functions (solar order, storm-force, healing, elemental stability) cooperate as one body when cosmic balance is at stake.
This is narrative cataloguing within carita/vamśānucarita-type content, presenting the operative cosmos (deva-classes) as part of the Purāṇic historical-theological storyline.
The battle-array is a map of the cosmos: Ādityas (order/light) lead, Rudras (transformative power) guard the rear, and intermediary deities fill the center—suggesting that preservation requires both sustaining and dissolving energies in harmony.