Varaha Purana 218.8: Adhyaya 218, Shloka 8
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Anukramaṇikā Chapter
स्कन्दोत्पत्तिश्च भानोष्च उत्पत्तिः समुदाहृता ॥ कामादीनां तथोत्पत्तिः देव्युत्पत्तिस्तथैव च ॥
skandotpattiś ca bhānoś ca utpattiḥ samudāhṛtā | kāmādīnāṃ tathotpattiḥ devy-utpattis tathaiva ca ||
स्कंद कैसे बना, सूर्य कैसे आया, यह भी लिखा है। कामदेव और देवी की कहानी भी यहीं है।
Varāha
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It demonstrates the Purāṇic practice of grouping diverse divine-origin narratives—martial deity (Skanda), solar cosmology (Bhānu), and personified desire (Kāma)—within a single encyclopedic frame.
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