Varaha Purana 27.33: Adhyaya 27, Shloka 33
The Slaying of Andhaka and the Manifestation of the Eight Mother-Goddesses from Divine Afflictions
मोहः स्वयम्भूः कौमारी मात्सर्यं चेन्द्रजं विदुः । यमदण्डधरा देवी पैशुन्यं स्वयमेव च । असूया च वराहाख्या इत्येताः परिकीर्तिताः ॥ २७.३४ ॥
mohaḥ svayambhūḥ kaumārī mātsaryaṁ cendrajaṁ viduḥ | yamadaṇḍadharā devī paiśunyaṁ svayameva ca | asūyā ca varāhākhyā ityetāḥ parikīrtitāḥ || 27.34 ||
మోహం స్వయంభూతమని, అలాగే కౌమారీతో సంబంధముందని చెప్పబడింది; మాత్సర్యం ఇంద్రజమని తెలుసుకున్నారు. యమదండధారిణీ దేవి పైశున్యానికి సంబంధించినది, అది కూడా స్వయంగా ఉద్భవించినదే; అసూయ ‘వరాహా’ అని పిలువబడింది—ఇలా ఇవన్నీ పేర్కొనబడ్డాయి.
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It preserves a Purāṇic-style ethical catalogue where abstract mental faults (doṣas) are mapped onto named divine figures, reflecting a broader South Asian tradition of personifying psychological states for didactic transmission.
No geographic site is named in this verse; the content is ethical-psychological rather than topographical.
The verse functions as a classification of harmful dispositions—delusion, jealousy, slander, and envy—framing them as identifiable forces to be recognized and restrained in disciplined conduct.
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