Varaha Purana 21.28: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 28
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
तस्य नानदतो ज्वालाः श्रोत्रेभ्यो निर्ययुस्तदा । तत्र भूतानि वेतालाः उच्छ्रुष्माः प्रेतपूतनाः ॥ २१.२९ ॥
tasya nānadato jvālāḥ śrotrebhyo niryayus tadā | tatra bhūtāni vetālā ucchruṣmāḥ pretapūtanāḥ || 21.29 ||
तस्य नानदतः श्रोत्रेभ्यः ज्वालाः तदा निर्ययुः; तत्र भूत-वेतालाः उच्छ्रुष्माः प्रेत-पूतनाश्चाभवन्।
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic narrative technique: cataloging classes of supernatural beings to mark an ominous or liminal moment, a feature common in early medieval Sanskrit literature and its mythic cosmology.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; it describes a scene of manifestation (“there”) without naming a specific site.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; it conveys an atmosphere of danger or cosmic disturbance through imagery and enumerated beings, without stating a direct ethical injunction.
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