Varaha Purana 73.9: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 9
Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara
पुरुष उवाच । य एते वै गताः पूर्वं पुरुषा दीप्ततेजसः । आदित्यास्ते त्वरं यान्ति ध्याता वै ब्रह्मणा भव ॥ ७३.९ ॥
puruṣa uvāca | ya ete vai gatāḥ pūrvaṃ puruṣā dīptatejasaḥ | ādityās te tvaraṃ yānti dhyātā vai brahmaṇā bhava || 73.9 ||
पुरुष ने कहा, जो लोग पहले चले गए थे, वो सब चमकदार थे। वो लोग ब्रह्मा को ध्यान में रखते थे। अब वो सब सूर्य के पास जा रहे हैं।
Puruṣa
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It reflects a common Purāṇic soteriological motif: post-mortem ascent mapped onto a cosmological hierarchy, here linking Brahman-meditation with attainment of a luminous, solar sphere associated with the Ādityas.
No terrestrial geographic site is named in this verse; the reference is cosmological (the Ādityas/solar sphere) rather than a place identifiable on historical geography.
The verse foregrounds a philosophical discipline rather than a social rule: sustained meditation on Brahman is presented as a transformative practice associated with an elevated post-mortem destination.
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