Varaha Purana 94.23 — Adhyaya 94, Shloka 23
The Birth of Mahiṣāsura and the Goddess’s Victory as Mahīṣamardinī
विद्युत्प्रभा उवाच । देवि पूर्वमृषिस्त्वासीदादिसर्गे कसंभवः । सखा सारस्वतो जातः सुपार्श्वो नाम वै विभुः ॥
vidyutprabhā uvāca | devi pūrvam ṛṣis tv āsīd ādisarge kasaṃbhavaḥ | sakhā sārasvato jātaḥ supārśvo nāma vai vibhuḥ
Vidyutprabhā thưa: “Kính bạch Nữ Thần, thuở sơ khai của tạo hóa có một vị ṛṣi tên Kasaṃbhava. Bạn hữu của ngài, do sự kết duyên với Sarasvatī mà sinh, là bậc uy lực mang danh Supārśva.”
Vidyutprabhā (as explicitly stated in the verse)
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Genealogy","Sage Traditions"]
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It reflects Purāṇic interest in primordial lineages and sage networks, using named figures to anchor cosmological time (ādi-sarga) in narrative genealogy.
No geographic location is named; the reference is temporal/cosmological ('ādi-sarga').
No explicit ethical injunction is present; the verse primarily supplies lineage and background information for subsequent narrative or doctrinal framing.
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