Varaha Purana 20.7: Adhyaya 20, Shloka 7
The Birth of the Aśvins: Solar Lineage, Saṃjñā and Chāyā, and the Granting of a Hymn and Boons
तस्य त्वष्टा ददौ कन्यां संज्ञां नाम महाप्रभाम् । तस्यापत्यद्वयं जज्ञे यमश्च यमुना तथा ॥ २०.७ ॥
tasya tvaṣṭā dadau kanyāṃ saṃjñāṃ nāma mahāprabhām | tasyāpatyadvayaṃ jajñe yamaś ca yamunā tathā || 20.7 ||
त्वष्ट्र ने उसको अपनी बेटी दी, जिसका नाम संज्ञा था। उससे दो बच्चे हुए, यम और यमुना।
Varāha
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It preserves a Purāṇic genealogical motif linking a divine artisan figure (Tvaṣṭṛ) with the lineage that includes Yama (a major figure in cultural-legal imagination) and Yamunā (a major river with long-standing cultural heritage).
Yamunā is identified as a named entity that is also a major North Indian river (modern Yamuna). The verse itself does not specify a particular site, but it anchors a sacred-geographic referent through the river’s name.
The verse is primarily genealogical rather than prescriptive; its philosophical function is to situate widely referenced cultural figures within an ordered lineage, supporting later discussions of dharma, mortality, and sacred geography without issuing a direct ethical injunction here.
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