Varaha Purana 53.24: Adhyaya 53, Shloka 24
The Origin Account of Saptamūrti Svara and the Emergence of Saṃbhūti through Vibhūti
एवंविधोऽसौ पुरुषः स्वरनाम महातपाः । मूर्त्तिस्तस्य प्रवृत्ताख्यं निवृत्ताख्यं शिरो महत् ॥ ५३.२४ ॥
evaṃvidho 'sau puruṣaḥ svaranāmā mahātapāḥ | mūrttis tasya pravṛttākhyam nivṛttākhyam śiro mahat || 53.24 ||
वो पुरुष का नाम स्वर है, और वो बड़ा तपस्वी है। उसका शरीर प्रवृत्ति के नाम से जाना जाता है। उसका बड़ा सर निवृत्ति के नाम से जाना जाता है।
Varāha
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It preserves a Purāṇic schema that pairs pravṛtti (worldly engagement) and nivṛtti (withdrawal) as complementary orientations, expressed here through symbolic anatomy (body/head) of a cosmic personage.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a cosmological-philosophical description.
The verse frames human and cosmic life as involving two legitimate modes—engagement (pravṛtti) and restraint/withdrawal (nivṛtti)—suggesting an ethical balance between action in the world and disciplined renunciation.
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