Varaha Purana 2.45: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 45
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
योऽसौ प्रजापतिस्त्वाद्यो दक्षिणाङ्गुष्ठसम्भवः । तस्यादौ तत्र वंशेन जगदेतच्चराचरम् ॥ २.४४ ॥
yo'sau prajāpatis tv ādyo dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭha-sambhavaḥ | tasyādau tatra vaṁśena jagad etac carācaram || 2.44 ||
वो पहला प्रजापति जो ब्रह्मा के राइट थंब से पैदा हुआ था। उससे शुरू होके, उसकी फैमिली से यह पूरी दुनिया बनी। सब चलने वाले और सब रहने वाले जीव उसी से आए।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of explaining cosmic origins through genealogical descent (vaṁśa), situating the world’s emergence within a lineage-based cosmogony associated with Prajāpati figures.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; its focus is cosmological and genealogical rather than topographical.
The verse primarily conveys an ontological claim about the interconnected origin of all beings (cara and acara) through a shared source, which can be read as supporting a philosophical basis for regard toward the whole living and non-living world.
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