Varaha Purana 27.6: Adhyaya 27, Shloka 6
The Slaying of Andhaka and the Manifestation of the Eight Mother-Goddesses from Divine Afflictions
किन्तु पूर्वं मया दत्तो वरस्तस्य सुरोत्तमाः । अवध्यस्त्वं हि भविता न शरीरं स्पृशेन्मही ॥ २७.६ ॥
kintu pūrvaṃ mayā datto varas tasya surottamāḥ | avadhyas tvaṃ hi bhavitā na śarīraṃ spṛśen mahīm || 27.6 ||
కానీ ఓ దేవోత్తములారా, నేను ముందే అతనికి ఈ వరం ఇచ్చితిని—నీవు అవధ్యుడవు; నీ శరీరం భూమిని స్పర్శించదు.
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative device—boons (vara) that define the limits of harm—reflecting how Sanskrit epic-Purāṇic literature frames causality and moral consequence through formally stated conditions.
No specific pilgrimage site or named geography is mentioned here; the only spatial referent is mahī, “the earth/ground,” treated as a general cosmographic domain.
The verse foregrounds the binding nature of a previously granted promise (boon) and its constraints—an ethical emphasis on accountability and the consequences of sanctioned power.
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