Varaha Purana 18.3: Adhyaya 18, Shloka 3
The Origin of Fire and the Liturgical Names of Agni
शम्भोर्वापि पितॄणां च तथा चन्द्रमसो मुने । शरीरदेवता ह्येताः कथं मूर्त्तित्वमागताः ॥ १८.३ ॥
śambhorvāpi pitṝṇāṃ ca tathā candramaso mune | śarīra-devatā hyetāḥ kathaṃ mūrttitvam āgatāḥ || 18.3 ||
„Und auch über Śambhu (Śiva), über die Pitṛs (Ahnen) und ebenso über den Mond, o Weiser—diese sind wahrlich Gottheiten, die mit dem Körper verbunden sind; wie gelangten sie zu verkörperter Gestalt?“
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It reflects a common Purāṇic concern with how cosmic or ritual powers (e.g., ancestors, lunar deity, major deities) are conceptualized as taking form and functioning within embodied life, linking metaphysical cosmology to human ritual and anthropology.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed as a doctrinal question about deities associated with embodiment.
Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse models philosophical inquiry: it invites reflection on the relationship between transcendent divine principles and embodied existence, a theme often used to ground disciplined ritual and reflective conduct.
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