Varaha Purana 95.33: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 33
The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power
रुद्र उवाच । एतासां शृणु देवेशि भक्ष्यमेकं मयोद्यतम् । कथ्यमानं वरारोहे कालरात्रि महाप्रभे ॥
rudra uvāca | etāsāṁ śṛṇu deveśi bhakṣyam ekaṁ mayodyatam | kathyamānaṁ varārohe kālarātri mahāprabhe ||
พระรุทระตรัสว่า: “จงฟังเถิด โอเทวีแห่งเทพทั้งปวง เราได้จัดเตรียม ‘ภักษา’ เพียงอย่างเดียวสำหรับพวกนางแล้ว โอ กาลราตรีผู้ทรงสง่างาม โอ ผู้มีรัศมีใหญ่ยิ่ง จงสดับถ้อยคำที่เรากล่าวบรรยายเถิด”
Rudra (Śiva)
Divine epithets (Kālarātri) signal functional power: the goddess as night/time that subdues hostile forces.
Invoke/recognize appropriate divine aspects (ugra vs saumya) according to the problem-context (protection, pacification, containment).
95.95.41; 95.95.42
FAQs
It provides evidence for the circulation of Kālarātri as a divine epithet within Purāṇic literature and supports indexing of speaker transitions (rudra uvāca).
No geographic location is identified.
Narratively, it points toward conflict management through a planned solution rather than immediate force.
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