Varaha Purana 3.23: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 23
Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa
ब्रह्मणो युगसहस्रं तत्ते तस्मात् समुद्भवः । भविता ते तथा नाम दास्यते संप्रयोजनम् ॥ ३.२३ ॥
brahmaṇo yugasahasraṃ tat te tasmāt samudbhavaḥ | bhavitā te tathā nāma dāsyate saṃprayojanam || 3.23 ||
भगवान ने कहा, ब्रह्मा का एक दिन बहुत लंबा है। एक हज़ार युग लगते हैं। उसके बाद तुम पैदा होगे। तुम्हारा एक नाम होगा। और वो नाम का काम भी फिक्स हो जाएगा।
Varāha
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It reflects a standard Purāṇic cosmological idiom that frames events within vast temporal units (yugas), aligning narrative history with a doctrinal time-reckoning system associated with Brahmā.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological and conceptual (time-measure, origin, and naming).
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse emphasizes an ordered cosmos in which entities have an origin, a designated name, and an intended function (nāma and prayojana), supporting a philosophical view of intelligible structure and purpose.
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