Varaha Purana 2.43: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 43
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
मरीचिरत्रिश्च तथा अङ्गिराः पुलहः क्रतुः । पुलस्त्यश्च महातेजाः प्रचेता भृगुरेव च । नारदो दशमश्चैव वसिष्ठश्च महातपाः ॥ २.४२ ॥
marīcir atriś ca tathā aṅgirāḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ | pulastyaś ca mahātejāḥ pracetā bhṛgur eva ca | nārado daśamaś caiva vasiṣṭhaś ca mahātapāḥ || 2.42 ||
मरीचि, अत्रि, अंगिरस, पुलह और क्रतु, यह सब थे। फिर पुलस्त्य जो बहुत तेज था। प्रचेतस और भृगु भी थे। दसवें नंबर पर नारद थे। और वशिष्ठ जो बड़े तपस्वी थे।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a Purāṇic-style catalog of primordial sages, reflecting how Sanskrit narrative traditions organized cosmology and lineage through authoritative ṛṣi lists.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is focused on enumerating sages rather than sacred geography.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse functions primarily as an authoritative enumeration establishing cosmological and genealogical context.
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