Varaha Purana 25.34: Adhyaya 25, Shloka 34
The Birth of Ahaṅkāra as Guha/Skanda and His Appointment as Divine Commander
उत्पत्तिस्तस्य राजेन्द्र बहुरूपा व्यवस्थिताः । मन्वन्तरेष्वनेकेषु देवसेनापतिः किल ॥ २५.३४ ॥
utpattis tasya rājendra bahurūpā vyavasthitā | manvantareṣv anekeṣu devasenāpatiḥ kila || 25.34 ||
O König der Könige, sein Ursprung ist in vielerlei Gestalten begründet; wahrlich, in vielen Manvantaras wird er als Heerführer der Götter bezeichnet.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic method of presenting figures with multiple origin-accounts across different Manvantara cycles, indicating layered transmission and evolving narrative traditions within Sanskrit cosmological literature.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; the reference is temporal-cosmological (Manvantara cycles) rather than topographical.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical-cosmological principle: identities and origins may be presented as multiform across cycles of time, encouraging a non-reductionist reading of traditional accounts rather than a direct prescriptive ethic.
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