Varaha Purana 91.27: Adhyaya 91, Shloka 27
The Vaiṣṇavī Goddess on Mount Mandara: Emergence of the Maidens, Construction of the Goddess-City, and Nārada’s Visit
यादृशी सा शुभा दैत्य तादृश्येकाण्डमध्यतः । भ्रमता तादृशी दृष्ट्वा न कदाचिन्मया सती ॥
yādṛśī sā śubhā daitya tādṛśy ekāṇḍamadhyataḥ | bhramatā tādṛśī dṛṣṭvā na kadācin mayā satī ||
यादृशी सा शुभा दैत्य तादृशी एकाण्डमध्यतः। भ्रमता तादृशी दृष्ट्वा न कदाचिन्मया सती।
Nārada
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It evidences Purāṇic cosmological language (aṇḍa as ‘cosmic egg’) used within persuasive speech, showing how cosmology and rhetoric interpenetrate in narrative literature.
No terrestrial location is specified; the verse invokes a cosmological frame (ekāṇḍa/brahmāṇḍa) rather than a mappable site.
The verse does not prescribe conduct; it elevates the described figure by linking her uniqueness to the scale of the cosmos.
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