Varaha Purana 94.55: Adhyaya 94, Shloka 55
The Birth of Mahiṣāsura and the Goddess’s Victory as Mahīṣamardinī
सर्वदेवरहस्यानां सर्वसत्त्ववतां शुभे । त्वमेव शरणं देवि विद्येऽविद्ये श्रियेऽम्बिके । विरूपाक्षि तथा क्षान्ति क्षोभितान्तरजलेऽविले ॥
sarvadevarahasyānāṃ sarvasattvavatāṃ śubhe | tvam eva śaraṇaṃ devi vidye'vidye śriye'mbike | virūpākṣi tathā kṣānti kṣobhitāntarjale'avile ||
హే శుభే! నీవు సమస్త దేవతలకూ సమస్త జీవులకూ గూఢరహస్యస్వరూపిణివి. హే దేవి—విద్యా అవిద్యా, శ్రీ, అంబికా, విశాలనేత్రి, క్షాంతి—నీవే ఏకైక శరణం; అంతర్జలము కదిలినా నీవు అవికలంగా నిలిచివుంటావు.
Devas (implied stuti; not explicitly marked in this verse)
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It preserves a theologically layered vocabulary (vidyā/avidyā, śrī, ambikā) typical of Purāṇic synthesis, where a single divine figure is addressed through multiple conceptual registers.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse.
The key instruction is the articulation of refuge (śaraṇa) as a stabilizing response amid inner disturbance (metaphorically described as agitated inner waters).
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