Varaha Purana 53.9: Adhyaya 53, Shloka 9
The Origin Account of Saptamūrti Svara and the Emergence of Saṃbhūti through Vibhūti
अहमस्मि वदत्यन्यश्चतुर्द्धा एकधा द्विधा । भेदभिन्नसहोत्पन्नास्तस्यापत्यानि जज्ञिरे ॥ ५३.९ ॥
ahamasmi vadaty anyaś caturddhā ekadhā dvidhā | bhedabhinna-sahotpannās tasyāpatyāni jajñire || 53.9 ||
‘ഞാനാണ്’ എന്നു മറ്റൊന്ന് പറയുന്നു—ചതുര്വിധമായി, ഏകമായി, ദ്വിധമായി. ആ ഒരുവനിൽ നിന്ന് ഭേദത്താൽ വിഭിന്നമായി, സഹോത്പന്നമായ സന്തതികൾ ജനിച്ചു।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic compositional strategy: presenting creation and lineage through enumerative categories (onefold, twofold, fourfold), a style that aided memorization and structured cosmological speculation in early Sanskrit narrative traditions.
No geographic toponym appears in this verse; it functions within a cosmogonic/genealogical sequence rather than a sacred-geography passage.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical description (how multiplicity and differentiation arise from an originating principle) rather than an explicit ethical injunction.
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