Varaha Purana 94.39: Adhyaya 94, Shloka 39
The Birth of Mahiṣāsura and the Goddess’s Victory as Mahīṣamardinī
भूत्वा विंशभुजा देवी सिंहमास्थाय दंशिता । सस्मार रुद्रं देवेशं रौद्रं संहारकारणम् ॥
bhūtvā viṃśabhujā devī siṃhamāsthāya daṃśitā | sasmāra rudraṃ deveśaṃ raudraṃ saṃhārakāraṇam ||
भूत्वा विंशभुजा देवी सिंहमास्थाय दंशिता। सस्मार रुद्रं देवेशं रौद्रं संहारकारणम्॥
Varāha (default narrative frame)
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It reflects Purāṇic intertextuality where divine functions (protection, dissolution) are coordinated across deities, informing later theological and artistic syntheses.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse.
The passage frames destructive power (saṃhāra) as functional—mobilized to end harmful disorder—within a broader moral cosmos.
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