Varaha Purana 91.31: Adhyaya 91, Shloka 31
The Vaiṣṇavī Goddess on Mount Mandara: Emergence of the Maidens, Construction of the Goddess-City, and Nārada’s Visit
एवंविधाः स्त्रियो देव्याः क्षोभिते मनसि द्रुतम् । उत्तस्थुः शतसाहस्राः कोटिशो विविधाननाः ॥
evaṃvidhāḥ striyo devyāḥ kṣobhite manasi drutam | uttasthuḥ śatasāhasrāḥ koṭiśo vividhānanāḥ ||
เมื่อพระทัยของเทวีเกิดความปั่นป่วนขึ้นโดยฉับพลัน สตรีประเภทนั้นก็ผุดลุกขึ้นอย่างรวดเร็ว เป็นแสนเป็นพันเป็นหมื่น ถึงขั้นเป็นโกฏิ มีใบหน้าหลากหลายประการ
Narrator (speaker not explicit; default narrative voice within Varāha–Pṛthivī framework)
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The imagery of sudden, innumerable manifestations is a widespread Purāṇic technique for expressing superhuman agency and cosmic scale through hyperbolic numeration.
No geographic location is specified in this verse.
Rather than a direct injunction, it conveys a philosophical observation: inner states (manas) can be portrayed as causally linked to outward transformations within mythic narrative frameworks.
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