Varaha Purana 23.18: Adhyaya 23, Shloka 18
The Birth of Gaṇapati, the Emergence of the Vināyakas, and the Significance of the Fourth Lunar Day
अर्द्धकोट्या च रोमाणामात्मनोऽङ्गे त्रिलोचनः । कूपकास्वेदसलिलपूर्णशूलधरस्तथा । धुन्वन् शरीरमुत्थाय ततो देवो रुषान्वितः ॥ २३.१८ ॥
arddhakoṭyā ca romāṇām ātmano ’ṅge trilocanaḥ | kūpakā sveda-salila-pūrṇa-śūladharas tathā | dhunvan śarīram utthāya tato devo ruṣānvitaḥ || 23.18 ||
ตรีโลจนะ (พระศิวะ) มีขนบนกายของตนถึงครึ่งโกฏิ และทรงตรีศูลซึ่งกูปก (เบ้ารับ) เต็มด้วยน้ำเหงื่อ แล้วทรงลุกขึ้นสั่นสะท้านกาย; ครั้นแล้วเทพก็เปี่ยมด้วยความกริ้ว.
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It illustrates Purāṇic mythography through vivid bodily and martial imagery (hair, sweat, trident), a common narrative technique used to convey heightened cosmic emotion and conflict within the broader Varāha-cycle setting.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily a descriptive narrative moment focusing on a deity’s physical state and emotional response.
No direct normative instruction is stated; the verse functions descriptively, portraying the escalation of anger (ruṣā) and the consequential shift in action within the narrative.
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