Varaha Purana 10.39: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 39
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
पूर्वदेशे च देवेन्द्रो लोकपालैः समं प्रभुः । स्थितवांस्तस्य सुमहच्चरितं सम्भविष्यति ॥ १०.४० ॥
pūrvadeśe ca devendro lokapālaiḥ samaṃ prabhuḥ | sthitavāṃs tasya sumahac-caritaṃ sambhaviṣyati || 10.40 ||
ในทิศบูรพา พระอินทร์ผู้เป็นจอมเทพประทับร่วมกับเหล่าโลกบาล; จากนั้นจักบังเกิดเรื่องราวแห่งวีรกรรมอันยิ่งใหญ่ยิ่งนัก
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of mapping sacred geography through cosmic administrators (Indra and the Lokapālas), indicating how regional space is framed within a larger cosmological-political order.
The text names pūrvadeśa (“the eastern region”) without a specific toponym; in scholarship it is typically treated as a directional-cultural zone rather than a single, uniquely identifiable modern site in this isolated fragment.
The verse primarily functions as narrative framing rather than direct ethical injunction; implicitly, it emphasizes ordered guardianship of regions (lokapālatva) as a model of stewardship and responsibility over inhabited space.
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