Varaha Purana 73.47: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 47
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
ये एते दश चैकाश्च पुरुषाः प्राकृताः प्रभो । ते वैराजा महीं याता आदित्या इति संज्ञिताः ॥ ७३.४७ ॥
ye ete daśa caikāś ca puruṣāḥ prākṛtāḥ prabho | te vairājā mahīṃ yātā ādityā iti saṃjñitāḥ || 73.47 ||
يا ربّ، هؤلاء العشرة ومعهم الواحد—هؤلاء الأشخاص الأوّليون (prākṛta)—قد مضَوا إلى الأرض بوصفهم كائنات «ڤيراجا» ويُسمَّون باسم «الأديتيّات» (Ādityas).
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of cosmological taxonomy—enumerating classes of beings and their names—useful for tracing how later Sanskrit traditions systematized earlier Vedic and post-Vedic deity groupings such as the Ādityas.
The verse names “mahī” (Earth) in a general cosmographic sense rather than a specific pilgrimage site; it indicates a transition or manifestation of beings onto the terrestrial plane.
The verse is primarily classificatory rather than prescriptive; its philosophical instruction lies in presenting an ordered cosmology where names (saṃjñā) and functions are systematically assigned within the universe.
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