Varaha Purana 25.3: Adhyaya 25, Shloka 3
The Birth of Ahaṅkāra as Guha/Skanda and His Appointment as Divine Commander
पुरुषाव्यक्तयोर्मध्ये महत्त्वं समपद्यत । स चाहङ्कार इत्युक्तो यो महान् समुदाहृतः ॥ २५.३ ॥
puruṣāvyaktayor madhye mahattvaṃ samapadyata | sa cāhaṃkāra ity ukto yo mahān samudāhṛtaḥ || 25.3 ||
Zwischen Puruṣa und dem Unmanifestierten (Avyakta) entsteht das Prinzip Mahat; und eben dieses Prinzip, das ‘ahaṃkāra’ genannt wird, wird auch als der Große (Mahān) bezeichnet.
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It reflects the Purāṇic adoption of Sāṃkhya-style tattva enumeration, showing how classical philosophical categories (Puruṣa, Avyakta, Mahat, Ahaṃkāra) were integrated into medieval Sanskrit cosmological exposition.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is doctrinal, describing cosmological/ontological principles rather than sacred geography.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is classificatory—defining the emergence and naming of key cosmological principles used for analytical understanding of experience.
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