Varaha Purana 90.8: Adhyaya 90, Shloka 8
Description of the Threefold Goddess-Power and Brahmā’s Hymn to Sṛṣṭi
तत्र सृष्टिः पुरा प्रोक्ता श्वेतवर्णा स्वरूपिणी । एकाक्षरेति विख्याता सर्वाक्षरमयी शुभा ॥
tatra sṛṣṭiḥ purā proktā śveta-varṇā svarūpiṇī | ekākṣareti vikhyātā sarvākṣara-mayī śubhā ||
यहाँ पहले बताया गया कि सृष्टि सफेद रंग की है। उसका अपना एक रूप है। लोग उसे एक अक्षर कहते हैं क्योंकि वो सब अक्षरों में भी है। यह शुभ है।
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It evidences a strand of Indian thought where cosmology intersects with phoneme/syllable symbolism, aligning creation with a linguistic principle.
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Implicitly, it values śubha (auspicious order) and coherent speech/meaning as part of a well-structured cosmos.
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