Varaha Purana 53.16: Adhyaya 53, Shloka 16
The Origin Account of Saptamūrti Svara and the Emergence of Saṃbhūti through Vibhūti
तच्छावृतं प्रधानेन दशधा संवृतो बभौ । चतुष्पादेन शस्त्रेण चिच्छेद तिलकाण्डवत् ॥ ५३.१६ ॥
tacchāvṛtaṃ pradhānena daśadhā saṃvṛto babhau | catuṣpādena śastreṇa ciccheda tilakāṇḍavat || 53.16 ||
അത് പ്രധാനം (ആദിപ്രകൃതി) കൊണ്ട് ആവൃതമായി പത്തുവിധമായി മൂടപ്പെട്ടതുപോലെ തോന്നി. പിന്നെ അവൻ ചതുഷ്പാദ ശസ്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് അതിനെ എള്ളിൻ തണ്ടുപോലെ വെട്ടി.
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It preserves Sāṃkhya-derived vocabulary (notably pradhāna) within a Purāṇic narrative, illustrating how classical philosophical terms were integrated into cosmological storytelling.
No explicit geographic toponym is stated in this verse; the imagery is cosmological rather than site-specific.
The verse primarily conveys a cosmological process (envelopment and separation) rather than a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical emphasis is on discernment and the ordered resolution of obscuring matter.
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