Varaha Purana - Adhyaya 67
Varaha PuranaAdhyaya 6710 Shlokas

Adhyaya 67: On the Two ‘Sita-Kṛṣṇā’ Figures, the Sevenfold Ocean, and the Twelvefold Year

Sitakṛṣṇā-dvividhatā, Samudra-saptatva, Saṃvatsara-dvādaśatva ca

Cosmology & Temporal-Ecology (Symbolic Exegesis)

ヴァラーハとプリティヴィーの教示という枠組みの中で、本章は補助的対話を示し、バドラ―シュヴァが聖仙アガスティヤに象徴的宇宙論を問う。すなわち、シータクリシュナーと呼ばれる二つの姿がなぜ別々の女性として現れるのか、いかに「一」が七重となるのか、また「二身・六頭」でありながらいかに十二重となるのか、である。アガスティヤは解釈上の対応として説く。シータクリシュナーは対をなす原理(真/非真)を指し、また夜とも同定される。「一が七となる」とは七重の配列として理解される海であり、「十二・二身・六頭」とはサンヴァツァラ(年)で、二つの運行・道筋によって成り、六つの季節をその「顔」とする。本文は昼夜と日月を世界の顕現と秩序の根拠として結び、ヴィシュヌを悟るにはヴェーダの祭式に関わることが要ると結んで、規整された時間と実践によって天地の均衡を保つべきことを暗示する。

Speakers

VarāhaPṛthivīBhadrāśvaAgastya

Key Concepts

Sitakṛṣṇā as satya/asatya (symbolic dualism)Rātri (night) as a cosmological principleSamudra as saptadhā (sevenfold ocean schema)Saṃvatsara as dvādaśadhā (twelvefold year)Ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ (six seasons) as temporal structureAhorātra (day-night) and sūrya-candramas (sun-moon) as world-ordering forcesVeda-kriyā (Vedic ritual action) as prerequisite for perceiving the supreme
Recitation with translationVaraha Purana Adhyaya 67

Shlokas in Adhyaya 67

Verse 1

भद्राश्व उवाच । भगवन् सितकृष्णे द्वे भिन्ने जगति केशवान् । स्त्रियौ बभूवतुः के द्वे सितकृष्णा च का शुभा ॥ ६७.१ ॥

バドラ―シュヴァは言った。「世尊よ、この世にはシーターとクリシュナーという二者があり、互いに異なりつつもケーシャヴァに結びついているという。あの二人の女性とは誰か。さらに『シーター=クリシュナー』と呼ばれる吉祥なる者とは誰か。」

Verse 2

कश्चासौ पुरुषो ब्रह्मन् य एकः सप्तधा भवेत् । कोऽसौ द्वादशधा विप्र द्विदेहः षट्शिराः शुभः ॥ ६७.२ ॥

「ブラーフマナよ、一でありながら七重となるそのプルシャ(人者)とは誰か。さらに学識ある者よ、同一の原理が十二重となり、二つの身を持ち六つの頭を具える吉祥なるものとは誰か。」

Verse 3

दाम्पत्यं च द्विजश्रेष्ठ कृतसूर्योदयादनम् । कस्मादेतज्जगदिदं विततं द्विजसत्तम ॥ ६७.३ ॥

「また夫婦の道についても、二度生まれし者の中の最勝者よ――日の出に行われる儀礼と併せて――なぜこの世界はかくも広く展開しているのか、二度生まれし者の最上者よ。」

Verse 4

अगस्त्य उवाच । सितकृष्णे स्त्रियौ ये ते ते भगिन्यौ प्रकीर्तिते । सत्यासत्ये द्विवर्णा च नारी रात्रिरुदाहृता ॥ ६७.४ ॥

アガスティヤは言った。「白と黒のその二人の女は姉妹であると称えられる。真と非真、そして二色の相として、『夜』と名づけられる女はこのように説かれる。」

Verse 5

यः पुमान् सप्तधा जात एको भूत्वा नरेश्वर । स समुद्रस्तु विज्ञेयः सप्तधैकॊ व्यवस्थितः ॥ ६७.५ ॥

人々の主よ、ただ一なるプルシャが七種の姿として生じつつも一である。その者は『大海』として知られるべきであり、一にして七様に安立している。

Verse 6

योऽसौ द्वादशधा राजन् द्विदेहः षट्शिराः प्रभुः । संवत्सरः स विज्ञेयः शरीरे द्वे गती स्मृते । ऋतवः षट् च वक्त्राणि एष संवत्सरः स्मृतः ॥ ६७.६ ॥

王よ、十二に展開し、二つの身をもち、六つの頭を備える主宰の原理は、『年』(サンヴァツァラ)として知られるべきである。その身には二つの運行が記憶され、六つの季節が六つの面であると言われる—これが説かれる年である。

Verse 7

दाम्पत्यं तदहोरात्रं सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ ततः । ततो जगत्समुत्तस्थौ देवस्यास्य नृपोत्तम ॥ ६७.७ ॥

そこから夫婦の結びつきが生じ、そこから昼と夜が生じ、さらに太陽と月が現れた。その後、この神のものとして世界が顕れ出た—王の中の最勝者よ。

Verse 8

स विष्णुः परमो देवो विज्ञेयो नृपसत्तम । न च वेदक्रियाहीनः पश्यते परमेश्वरम् ॥ ६७.८ ॥

王の中の最勝者よ、そのヴィシュヌこそ至上の神的実在として知られるべきである。ヴェーダの祭式を欠く者は、至上主を見まつることができない。

Verse 9

॥ इति वराहपुराणे भगवच्छास्त्रे सप्तषष्ठितमोऽध्यायः ॥ ६७ ॥

かくして、『ヴァラーハ・プラーナ』—福徳なる主に関する聖典—の第六十七章は終わる。

Verse 10

|| かくして、『ヴァラーハ・プラーナ』、バガヴァーンのシャーストラにおいて、第六十七章は終わる ||

Inside Adhyaya 67

How it unfolds

  1. Where it opens

    Within the overarching Varāha–Pṛthivī instructional setting, the narrative briefly shifts into a subsidiary exchange: Bhadrāśva approaches Agastya with interpretive questions about puzzling cosmological images and personifications.

  2. Central event

    Bhadrāśva asks three linked riddles of symbolic cosmology: (1) why two figures named Sita–Kṛṣṇā appear as distinct women, (2) how a single entity becomes sevenfold, and (3) how another becomes twelvefold while being described as ‘two-bodied’ and ‘six-headed.’ Agastya answers by mapping each image to a structured correspondence: Sita–Kṛṣṇā as paired principles (satya/asatya) and as rātri (night); the ‘one becoming seven’ as the ocean conceived in a sevenfold schema; and the ‘twelvefold, two-bodied, six-headed’ as saṃvatsara (the year) organized by dual courses/motions and six seasons as its ‘faces.’

  3. Climax resolution

    The explanation culminates in a time-cosmology synthesis: ahorātra (day–night) and the sūrya–candramas (sun–moon) are presented as ordering forces through which the world’s emergence and stability are intelligible. The ethical-theological resolution is that true realization of the supreme principle (Viṣṇu) is inseparable from veda-kriyā—disciplined Vedic ritual action aligned to temporal order.

Geographical context

No explicit toponyms are stated in this adhyāya. The chapter operates in a macro-cosmological register, referencing ecological-cosmic domains such as samudra (ocean) and temporal/seasonal cycles (ṛtavaḥ) rather than named pilgrimage sites or river systems.

Ritual instructions

  • Primary RitualVeda-kriyā (Vedic ritual discipline) aligned to temporal cycles (ahorātra/saṃvatsara)
  • BenefitCognitive and devotional alignment with cosmic order: the practitioner becomes fit to ‘see’/realize the supreme principle (Viṣṇu) by harmonizing conduct with regulated time and established ritual norms.

The narrative frame

  • Agastya (within a subsidiary dialogue nested in the Varāha–Pṛthivī pedagogical frame)Bhadrāśva · Didactic, exegetical, riddle-resolving (symbolic cosmology explained through correspondences)

The emotional journey

  • Dominant RasaŚānta (contemplative clarity)
  • Emotional ProgressionPerplexity at paradoxical images → interpretive illumination through structured correspondences → settled conviction that cosmic order is accessed through disciplined ritual-time alignment.

Planning a pilgrimage

  • Visit FeasibilityNot applicable as a site-specific tirtha chapter; content is macro-cosmological and interpretive rather than geographically anchored.

Frequently Asked Questions

The text frames cosmic order as intelligible through disciplined practice: it states that perceiving the supreme principle (identified with Viṣṇu) is not accessible to one who is deficient in Vedic rites (veda-kriyā). In a neutral scholarly reading, this functions as a norm of maintaining order—personal and societal—by aligning conduct with established ritual-temporal frameworks.

The chapter emphasizes ahorātra (day–night) and the saṃvatsara (year) structured as dvādaśadhā (twelvefold). It explicitly names the six seasons (ṛtavaḥ ṣaṭ) as integral to the year’s structure. No specific lunar tithis are mentioned in this passage.

Environmental balance is implied through the ordering of nature by time: the ocean is conceptualized as sevenfold (a way of classifying ecological space), while the year is defined through cyclical divisions and seasons. By linking world-emergence and stability to regulated cycles (sun–moon, day–night, seasons), the text can be read as presenting an early model of terrestrial stewardship grounded in respecting and maintaining temporal-ecological rhythms.

The chapter names Bhadrāśva (a royal interlocutor) and Agastya (a prominent sage figure) as the immediate participants in the explanatory exchange. No extended dynastic genealogy is provided within the cited verses.

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