Varaha Purana 95.38: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 38
The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power
गृहे क्षेत्रे तडागेषु वाप्युद्यानेषु चैव हि । अन्यचित्ता रुदन्त्यो याः स्त्रियस्तिष्ठन्ति नित्यशः । तासां शरीराण्याविश्य काश्चित्तृप्तिमवाप्स्यथ ॥
gṛhe kṣetre taḍāgeṣu vāpyudyāneṣu caiva hi | anyacittā rudantyo yāḥ striyas tiṣṭhanti nityaśaḥ | tāsāṃ śarīrāṇy āviśya kāścit tṛptim avāpsyatha ||
ఇళ్లలో, పొలాల్లో, చెరువుల్లో, బావుల్లో, ఉద్యానాల్లో నిత్యం మనస్సు చెదిరి ఏడుస్తూ ఉండే స్త్రీల దేహాలలో ప్రవేశించి కొందరు (భూతసత్త్వాలు) తృప్తిని పొందుతారు।
Unspecified (context suggests Rudra addressing Devī; possession motif described)
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It documents how Sanskrit Purāṇic literature encodes social-ritual explanations for distress and abnormal behavior through the idiom of āveśa (entry/possession).
No named location appears; instead, common landscape units (house, field, pond, well, garden) are listed as settings.
Implicitly, it stresses safeguarding mental and bodily wellbeing—especially for those in vulnerable emotional states—within the text’s ritual worldview.
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