Varaha Purana 2.52: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 52
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
आसीत् प्रथमकल्पे तु मनुः स्वायम्भुवः पुरा । तस्य पुत्रद्वयं जज्ञे अतिमानुषचेष्टितम् । प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादनामानं धर्मवत्सलम् ॥ २.५१ ॥
āsīt prathamakalpe tu manuḥ svāyambhuvaḥ purā | tasya putradvayaṃ jajñe atimānuṣaceṣṭitam | priyavratottānapādanāmānaṃ dharmavatsalam || 2.51 ||
ആദ്യ കല്പത്തിൽ പുരാതനകാലത്ത് സ്വായംഭുവ മനു ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അദ്ദേഹത്തിന് സാധാരണ മനുഷ്യപരിധിയെ അതിക്രമിക്കുന്ന പ്രവർത്തികളാൽ വിശിഷ്ടരായ രണ്ട് പുത്രന്മാർ ജനിച്ചു—പ്രിയവ്രതനും ഉത്താനപാദനും—ഇരുവരും ധർമ്മസ്നേഹികളായിരുന്നു.
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It situates the narrative in the primordial kalpa and introduces Svāyambhuva Manu, a foundational figure in Purāṇic historiography used to organize early genealogies and ethical paradigms.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is on cosmogonic time (kalpa) and lineage (Manu and his sons).
The verse foregrounds dharma as an evaluative standard: exemplary rulers/figures are characterized as dharmavatsala—those devoted or inclined toward righteous conduct.
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