Varaha Purana 73.4: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 4
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
तावज्जलात् समुत्तस्थुः प्रलयाग्निसमप्रभाः । पुरुषा दश चैकाश्च तापयन्तोऽंशुभिर्जलम् ॥ ७३.४ ॥
tāvaj jalāt samuttasthuḥ pralayāgni-samaprabhāḥ | puruṣā daśa caikaś ca tāpayanto ’ṃśubhir jalam || 73.4 ||
Da erhoben sich aus den Wassern Wesen—zehn und eines—deren Glanz dem Feuer des Pralaya glich, und mit ihren Strahlen erhitzten sie das Wasser.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in fragment)
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It preserves a standard Purāṇic cosmological motif: during pralaya-related narration, luminous entities emerge and alter the primordial waters, reflecting shared imagery across early medieval Sanskrit narrative traditions.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the setting is cosmic (waters associated with dissolution/creation cycles) rather than a localized tīrtha or region.
The verse primarily conveys cosmological description rather than direct moral injunction; indirectly it frames nature (water, heat, radiance) as part of cyclical cosmic order, a recurring philosophical theme in Purāṇic literature.
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