Varaha Purana 2.18: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 18
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
स तस्यां जनयामास मनुं स्वायम्भुवं प्रभुः । तस्मात् संभाविता सृष्टिः प्रजानां ब्रह्मणा पुरा ॥ २.१८ ॥
sa tasyāṃ janayāmāsa manuṃ svāyambhuvaṃ prabhuḥ | tasmāt saṃbhāvitā sṛṣṭiḥ prajānāṃ brahmaṇā purā || 2.18 ||
その後、主は彼女のうちにスヴァーヤンブヴァ・マヌを生ぜしめた。彼より、古の時にブラフマーは衆生の生成を起動した。
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It reflects a standard Purāṇic cosmogonic schema in which Svāyambhuva Manu functions as a primordial progenitor, linking divine agency (Prabhu/Varāha context) with Brahmā’s role in organizing or initiating creation.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the reference is genealogical and cosmogonic rather than topographical.
Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse presents a philosophical instruction about ordered origins—creation is portrayed as structured and lineage-based, mediated through Manu and articulated through Brahmā’s creative function.
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