Varaha Purana 9.8: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 8
The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
शून्यान् लोकानिमान् दृष्ट्वा सिसृक्षुर्मूर्तिमुत्तमाम् । क्षोभयित्वा मनोधाम तत्राकारः स्वमात्रतः ॥ ९.८ ॥
śūnyān lokān imān dṛṣṭvā sisṛkṣur mūrtim uttamām | kṣobhayitvā manodhāma tatrākāraḥ svamātrataḥ || 9.8 ||
ಈ ಲೋಕಗಳು ಶೂನ್ಯವಾಗಿರುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ, ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಇಚ್ಛೆಯಿಂದ ಅವನು ಉತ್ಕೃಷ್ಟ ಮೂರ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಸಂಕಲ್ಪಿಸಿ ಮನೋಧಾಮವನ್ನು ಕ್ಷೋಭಗೊಳಿಸಿದನು; ಆಗ ತನ್ನ ಸ್ವಮಾತ್ರದಿಂದಲೇ ಒಂದು ಆಕಾರವು ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಯಿತು।
Varāha (default speaker per primary dialogue framework; explicit speaker not marked in this fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic cosmogonic pattern: a primordial condition described as empty or unmanifest, followed by the emergence of form through an initiating agency. Such verses are valuable for tracing how early medieval Sanskrit texts articulated creation using psychological and metaphysical vocabulary.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed as a cosmological/ontological statement rather than a tīrtha or regional description.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction rather than a direct moral rule: it presents creation as arising from intentionality and internal potency (svamātrataḥ), emphasizing ordered emergence from an unmanifest state.
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