Varaha Purana 2.7: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 7
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
तस्मिंस्त्रिकेऽहं तमसो महान् स सदोच्यते सर्वविदां प्रधानः । उतस्मादपि क्षेत्रविदूर्जितोऽभूद् बभूव बुद्धिस्तु ततो बभूव ॥ २.७ ॥
tasmiṃstrike’haṃ tamaso mahān sa sadocyate sarvavidāṃ pradhānaḥ | utasmād api kṣetravidūrjito’bhūd babhūva buddhis tu tato babhūva || 2.7 ||
ആ ത്രയത്തിൽ ഞാൻ തമസ്സിൽ നിന്നുയർന്ന ‘മഹാൻ’ എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; ‘സത്’ എന്നും, സർവ്വവിദന്മാരിൽ പ്രധാനം എന്നും പറയപ്പെടുന്നു. അതിൽ നിന്നു ഊർജ്ജസമ്പന്നനായ ക്ഷേത്രജ്ഞൻ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് ബുദ്ധി ഉദയം ചെയ്തു।
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It preserves a Purāṇic presentation of a cosmological sequence using categories closely associated with Sāṃkhya (e.g., mahān, buddhi, and kṣetrajña), illustrating how philosophical vocabulary circulated within narrative scripture.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a metaphysical/cosmological statement rather than a sacred-geography notice.
Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse offers a philosophical instruction: discernment of principles (self/knower, intellect, and foundational reality) as a framework for understanding existence.
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