Varaha Purana 95.58 — Adhyaya 95, Shloka 58
The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power
परमात्मा यथा देव एक एव त्रिधा स्थितः । प्रयोजनवशाच्छक्तिरेकैव त्रिविधाऽभवत् ॥
paramātmā yathā deva eka eva tridhā sthitaḥ | prayojanavaśāc chaktir ekaiva trividhā 'bhavat ||
De même que le Paramātman, le Dieu suprême, bien qu’unique, demeure en une condition triple, de même l’unique śakti, par la force du dessein et de la fonction, devient triple.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue frame)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The one Paramātman appears as a functional triad; likewise one Śakti differentiates into three by upādhi (purpose/operation), echoing guṇa-based cosmology while retaining non-dual unity.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Tri-śakti as three ritual functions (creation–maintenance–dissolution) emerging from one power; not a limb-by-limb Varāha mapping in this verse.","vedantic_connection":"Bheda is vyāvahārika (functional), abheda is pāramārthika (essential); śakti-pariṇāma/vivarta language harmonized with Sāṅkhya guṇa-traya as explanatory schema."}
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Philosophy","Metaphysics"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 95.95.62-65 (phalaśruti and ritualization of hearing/writing/worship)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative, didactic","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, clear, philosophically emphatic"}
FAQs
It documents a synthetic Purāṇic metaphysics: unity at the level of paramātman/śakti with plurality at the level of functional manifestation—an important bridge between devotional and philosophical discourse.
None; the verse is conceptual rather than topographical.
Implicitly, it encourages interpretive humility: multiplicity of forms and names can be read as functional expressions of a single underlying principle.
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