Varaha Purana 32.11: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 11
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
निर्मर्यादे तथा जाते धर्मनाशे च पार्थिव । देवासुरा युयुधिरे सोमदोषेण कोपिताः । स्त्रीहेतोश्च महाभाग विविधायुधपाणयः ॥ ३२.१२ ॥
nirmaryāde tathā jāte dharmanāśe ca pārthiva | devāsurā yuyudhire somadoṣeṇa kopitāḥ | strīhetoś ca mahābhāga vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ || 32.12 ||
ఓ రాజా, ఇలా మర్యాదలు చెదిరి ధర్మనాశం జరిగినప్పుడు, సోమదోషం వల్ల కోపించిన దేవాసురులు స్త్రీ కారణంగా వివిధ ఆయుధాలు ధరించి యుద్ధం చేశారు।
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern: social boundary-breaking (maryādā-bhaṅga) and dharma-decline are presented as conditions that precipitate large-scale conflict among cosmic groups (Devas and Asuras), illustrating how moral and social disorder is framed as a driver of political and mythic instability.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on a causal sequence (dharma decline → conflict) rather than sacred geography.
The verse foregrounds the idea that when restraint and normative boundaries (maryādā) collapse and dharma is undermined, conflict escalates—serving as a cautionary ethical observation about maintaining social order and disciplined conduct.
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