Varaha Purana 95.21: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 21
The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power
एक एव महादैत्यो रुरुस्तस्थौ महामृधे । स च मायां महारौद्रीं रौरवीं विससर्ज ह ॥
eka eva mahādaityo rurustasthau mahāmṛdhe | sa ca māyāṃ mahāraudrīṃ rauravīṃ visasarja ha ||
एक एव महादैत्यः रुरुः तस्थौ महामृधे। स च मायां महारौद्रीं रौरवीं विससर्ज ह॥
Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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The motif of ‘māyā’ as a battlefield strategy is widespread in epic-Purāṇic literature and helps map shared narrative techniques across textual lineages.
No geographic site is named; the verse is situated in a generalized ‘great battle’ setting.
It foregrounds the theme that power can operate through deception/illusion, setting up later narrative evaluation of discernment and divine counteraction.
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