Varaha Purana 96.25: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 25
The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā
मा भेत्य् उच्चकैर्देवी तानुवाच सुरोत्तमान् ॥ देव्युवाच ॥ किमियं व्याकुला देवा गतिर् व उपलक्ष्यते ॥
mā bhet(y) uccakair devī tān uvāca surottamān || devy uvāca || kim iyaṃ vyākulā devā gatir va upalakṣyate ||
พระเทวีตรัสด้วยสุรเสียงก้องแก่เหล่าเทพผู้ประเสริฐว่า “อย่ากลัวเลย โอ้เทพทั้งหลาย ความร้อนรนนี้คืออะไร? ในหมู่ท่านปรากฏเค้าลางแห่งเหตุการณ์หรือความเป็นไปเช่นใด?”
Devī
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative device: a divine figure stabilizes a crisis by first eliciting the cause, framing the ensuing episode as a formal dialogue.
No geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is a divine assembly context implied by the address to the Devas.
A philosophical instruction of composure: fear is countered by clarity—first understand the cause of distress before action.
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