Varaha Purana 2.9: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 9
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
शून्यं त्वासीत् तत्र शब्दस्तु खं च तस्माद् वायुस् तत एवाऽनु तेजः । तस्माद् आपस् तत एवाऽनु देवि मया सृष्टा भवती भूतधात्री ॥ २.९ ॥
śūnyaṃ tv āsīt tatra śabdas tu khaṃ ca tasmād vāyus tata evānu tejaḥ | tasmād āpas tata evānu devi mayā sṛṣṭā bhavatī bhūtadhātrī || 2.9 ||
ആദിയിൽ അവിടെ ശൂന്യതയായിരുന്നു; അതിൽ നിന്നു ശബ്ദവും ആകാശവും ഉദിച്ചു. അതിൽ നിന്നു വായു ജനിച്ചു; പിന്നെ തേജസ് (അഗ്നി) ഉദിച്ചു. അതിൽ നിന്നു ജലം പിറന്നു; തുടർന്ന്, ഹേ ദേവി, ഭൂതധാത്രിയായ നിന്നെ ഞാൻ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു।
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It preserves a Purāṇic cosmogonic motif describing an ordered emergence of fundamental principles/elements, reflecting broader South Asian intellectual traditions on the constitution of the cosmos.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the content is cosmological rather than topographical.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical account of origins and dependence—beings and the world are presented as arising in an ordered sequence—rather than a direct moral injunction.
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