Varaha Purana 2.62: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 62
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
एवमुक्ता मया सा हि मां दृष्ट्वाऽनिमिषेक्षणा । स्मृत्वा तूष्णीं स्थिता यावत् तावन्मे ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ॥ २.६१ ॥
evamuktā mayā sā hi māṃ dṛṣṭvā’nimiṣekṣaṇā | smṛtvā tūṣṇīṃ sthitā yāvat tāvan me jñānam uttamam || 2.61 ||
فلما خاطبتُها هكذا، نظرتْ إليّ بعينٍ لا ترمش؛ ثم تذكّرتْ (ما تذكّرتْه) ووقفتْ صامتةً ما دام ذلك، وفي تلك المدّة كان علمي الأعلى حاضرًا وثابتًا.
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic pedagogical motif: instruction followed by recollection and silence, marking attentive reception within a teacher–inquirer dialogue frame.
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