Varaha Purana 25.5: Adhyaya 25, Shloka 5
The Birth of Ahaṅkāra as Guha/Skanda and His Appointment as Divine Commander
तत्संयोगादहंकारः स च सेनापतिर्गुहः । तस्योत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु राजन् महामते ॥ २५.५ ॥
tatsaṃyogād ahaṃkāraḥ sa ca senāpatir guhaḥ | tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu rājan mahāmate || 25.5 ||
पुरुष और अव्यक्त के मिलने से अहंकार पैदा हुआ। इसके साथ गुह भी है, जो सेना का सरदार है। अब मैं तुम्हे बताता हूँ कि गुह कैसे बना। राजा, तम तो समझदार हो, ध्यान से सुनो।
Varāha
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It reflects a Purāṇic method of linking philosophical categories (such as ahaṃkāra) with mythic figures, presenting cosmological doctrine through narrative genealogy addressed to a royal interlocutor.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; the focus is cosmological and genealogical rather than topographical.
The verse primarily signals a pedagogical instruction—careful listening and inquiry in the transmission of cosmological knowledge—rather than a direct ethical rule.
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