Varaha Purana 21.35: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 35
The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share
गच्छतस्तस्य देवस्य अम्बराङ्गिरसं नयत् । ऋत्विजां मन्त्रनिचयो नष्टो रुद्रागमे तदा ॥ २१.३६ ॥
gacchatas tasya devasya ambarāṅgirasaṃ nayat | ṛtvijāṃ mantranicayo naṣṭo rudrāgame tadā || 21.36 ||
เมื่อเทพองค์นั้นเสด็จไป ทรงนำอัมพรางคิรสะไปด้วย; ครั้นนั้นในรุดราคมะ หมวดมนต์ของฤตวิช (ปุโรหิตผู้ประกอบพิธี) ก็สูญหายไป
Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a Purāṇic motif of textual and ritual transmission—how mantra corpora are preserved, displaced, or lost—useful for studying the history of ritual lineages and the narrative framing of religious knowledge.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; the focus is on persons (e.g., Ambarāṅgirasa) and a textual/ritual context (Rudrāgama).
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse foregrounds the fragility of ritual knowledge and the importance of careful custodianship and continuity in learned traditions.
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