Varaha Purana 2.24: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 24
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
आपो नाराः इति प्रोक्ताः आपो वै नरसूनवः । अयनं तस्य ताः पूर्वं तेन नारायणः स्मृतः ॥ २.२४ ॥
āpo nārā iti proktā āpo vai narasūnavaḥ | ayānaṃ tasya tāḥ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ || 2.24 ||
জলক ‘নাৰাঃ’ বুলি কোৱা হয়; সঁচাকৈ জল নৰৰ সন্তান বুলি কথিত। পূৰ্বে সেই জলেই তেওঁৰ ‘অয়ন’ (আবাস) আছিল; সেয়ে তেওঁ ‘নাৰায়ণ’ বুলি স্মৃত।
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It preserves a Purāṇic-style etymology explaining the epithet “Nārāyaṇa” through key Sanskrit terms (āpaḥ, nārā, ayana), reflecting how early medieval Sanskrit traditions linked cosmology, language, and divine nomenclature.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily a cosmological and lexical explanation centered on “waters” (āpaḥ) as a primordial category.
Rather than a direct rule, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: it frames water as primordial and foundational, supporting a worldview in which natural elements (especially waters) are treated as conceptually central to cosmic order and cultural heritage discourse.
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