Varaha Purana 67.2: Adhyaya 67, Shloka 2
On the Two ‘Sita–Kṛṣṇā’ Figures, the Sevenfold Ocean, and the Twelvefold Year
कश्चासौ पुरुषो ब्रह्मन् य एकः सप्तधा भवेत् । कोऽसौ द्वादशधा विप्र द्विदेहः षट्शिराः शुभः ॥ ६७.२ ॥
kaścāsau puruṣo brahman ya ekaḥ saptadhā bhavet | ko 'sau dvādaśadhā vipra dvidehaḥ ṣaṭśirāḥ śubhaḥ || 67.2 ||
“Who, O Brahmin, is that Person who, though one, becomes sevenfold? And who, O learned one, is that same principle that becomes twelvefold—two-bodied, six-headed, auspicious?”
Pṛthivī (default inquirer, as speaker not explicitly stated in the excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic pedagogical method: framing metaphysical doctrine through numbered classifications (e.g., sevenfold and twelvefold), which aided memorization and systematic teaching in premodern Sanskrit intellectual culture.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological/metaphysical rather than topographical.
No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse functions as a philosophical inquiry that sets up a doctrinal explanation about a single principle manifesting in multiple structured forms.
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