Varaha Purana 26.3: Adhyaya 26, Shloka 3
The Sun’s Assumption of Form and the Gods’ Hymn of Pacification
यः सूर्य इति भास्वांस्तु अन्योन्येन महात्मनः । लोलीभूतानि तेजांसि भासयन्ति जगत्त्रयम् ॥ २६.३ ॥
yaḥ sūrya iti bhāsvāṃs tu anyonyena mahātmanaḥ | lolībhūtāni tejāṃsi bhāsayanti jagattrayam || 26.3 ||
Jene Kraft, die Sonne genannt wird—wahrhaft strahlend—lässt durch das wechselseitige Wirken der großen Leuchten die mannigfachen Lichter in Bewegung treten und die drei Welten erhellen.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic cosmological idiom in which solar radiance and the activity of other luminaries are described through tejas (luminous energy), a key concept in Sanskrit scientific-philosophical vocabulary and mythic cosmography.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the reference is cosmological, using the conventional tri-loka (three-world) framework.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; philosophically, it emphasizes interdependence (anyonyena) as a principle by which cosmic illumination and order are sustained.
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