Varaha Purana 27.20: Adhyaya 27, Shloka 20
The Slaying of Andhaka and the Manifestation of the Eight Mother-Goddesses from Divine Afflictions
तं दृष्ट्वा नारदाऽ युद्धं ययौ नारायणं प्रति । शशंस च महद्युद्धं कैलासे दानवैः सह ॥ २७.२० ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā nāradā yuddhaṃ yayau nārāyaṇaṃ prati | śaśaṃsa ca mahad yuddhaṃ kailāse dānavaiḥ saha || 27.20 ||
เมื่อเห็นศึกนั้นแล้ว นารทได้ไปเฝ้าพระนารายณ์ และกราบทูลรายงานมหาสงครามที่เกิดขึ้น ณ ไกรลาสร่วมกับเหล่าทานพ
Varāha (default narrator framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative device: Nārada as an itinerant transmitter of news who connects separate scenes and motivates subsequent divine action, illustrating how oral-style reportage structures Purāṇic storytelling.
Kailāsa is named; in scholarly discussions it is associated with the Mount Kailash region in the trans-Himalayan sphere, functioning in Sanskrit literature as a key sacred landscape linked with major deities and mythic events.
The verse emphasizes responsible communication and witness-bearing: having observed an event, Nārada conveys an accurate report to the appropriate authority figure, a narrative model for truthful transmission of consequential information.
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