Varaha Purana 2.46: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 46
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
देवाश्च दानवाश्चैव गन्धर्वोरगपक्षिणः । सर्वे दक्षस्य कन्यासु जाताः परमधार्मिकाः ॥ २.४५ ॥
devāś ca dānavāś caiva gandharvoragapakṣiṇaḥ | sarve dakṣasya kanyāsu jātāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ || 2.45 ||
神々とダーナヴァ、またガンダルヴァ、蛇族、鳥類—これらは皆、ダクシャの娘たちより生まれ、至上にダルマにかなう者と説かれる。
Varāha (default—speaker not explicit in the fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of organizing cosmology through genealogies, linking diverse classes of beings to a shared ancestral framework (Dakṣa’s lineage) for narrative coherence and cultural memory.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily genealogical and cosmological rather than topographical.
The verse associates cosmic order with dharma by describing these beings as “paramadhārmika,” presenting righteousness as an organizing ideal within the created world.
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