Varaha Purana 18.12: Adhyaya 18, Shloka 12
The Origin of Fire and the Liturgical Names of Agni
स च काठिन्यकं कुर्वन् ब्रह्माण्डं समपद्यत । तस्मिन् नारायणो देवश्चतुर्मूर्तिश्चतुर्भुजः ॥ १८.१२ ॥
sa ca kāṭhinyakaṃ kurvan brahmāṇḍaṃ samapadyata | tasmin nārāyaṇo devaś caturmūrtiś caturbhujaḥ || 18.12 ||
जब वो पकड़ बनी, तब वो ब्रह्मांड बन गया। उसके अंदर नारायण थे। चार रूप थे उनके, चार हाथ थे।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic cosmological motif in which the universe is described as a brahmāṇḍa (cosmic egg), and associates the origin/structure of the cosmos with Nārāyaṇa as an indwelling divine principle.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is cosmological (the brahmāṇḍa) rather than terrestrial sacred geography.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical instruction is ontological—presenting the cosmos as ordered and inhabited by a four-formed, four-armed Nārāyaṇa, emphasizing structured cosmology rather than a direct ethical rule.
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