Varaha Purana 72.17: Adhyaya 72, Shloka 17
Instruction on the Unity of the Triad
Brahmā-Viṣṇu-Rudra
अहं ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च ऋग्यजुः साम एव च । नैतस्मिन् भेदमस्यास्ति सर्वेषां द्विजसत्तम ॥ ७२.१७ ॥
ahaṃ brahmā ca viṣṇuś ca ṛgyajuḥ sāma eva ca | naitasmin bhedam asyāsti sarveṣāṃ dvijasattama || 72.17 ||
„Ich bin Brahmā, und ich bin auch Viṣṇu; ich bin ebenso Ṛg-, Yajus- und Sāma-Veda. Darin gibt es keinerlei Unterschied, o Bester der Zweimalgeborenen.“
Varāha
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It reflects a Purāṇic strategy of theological synthesis, presenting major deities and Vedic corpora as expressions of a single authoritative principle, a common feature in medieval Sanskrit sectarian and pan-Vedic discourse.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is doctrinal and concerns identity and non-difference among deities and Vedic revelations.
The verse promotes a philosophical instruction of non-sectarian discernment: it discourages divisive differentiation among revered deities and Vedic traditions, emphasizing conceptual unity.
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