Varaha Purana 201.13: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 13
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
एवं हत्वा च बद्ध्वा च ह्यागच्छत पुनर्यथा ॥ हन्तारः सर्वभूतानां कृतज्ञा दृढ विक्रमा ॥
evaṃ hatvā ca baddhvā ca hy āgacchata punar yathā || hantāraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kṛtajñā dṛḍha vikramā ||
“ఇలా సంహరించి బంధించి, మునుపటిలాగే మళ్లీ రండి—మీరు సమస్త భూతాల సంహారకులు, కృతజ్ఞులు, దృఢ పరాక్రములు.”
Citragupta
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The verse shows how Purāṇic texts encode models of punitive authority, combining coercion with institutional duty in a mythic administrative frame.
No geographic location is mentioned.
It frames retribution and restraint as tools of governance, while also raising ethical tension by labeling agents as “killers of all beings,” inviting scrutiny of violence within order-making.
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