Varaha Purana 67.7 — Adhyaya 67, Shloka 7
On the Two ‘Sita–Kṛṣṇā’ Figures, the Sevenfold Ocean, and the Twelvefold Year
दाम्पत्यं तदहोरात्रं सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ ततः । ततो जगत्समुत्तस्थौ देवस्यास्य नृपोत्तम ॥ ६७.७ ॥
dāmpatyaṃ tad ahorātraṃ sūryācandramasau tataḥ | tato jagat samuttasthau devasyāsya nṛpottama || 67.7 ||
പിന്നീട് അതിൽ നിന്ന് ദാമ്പത്യം (യുഗലബന്ധം) ഉദിച്ചു; അതിൽ നിന്ന് പകലും രാത്രിയും; പിന്നെ സൂര്യനും ചന്ദ്രനും. തുടർന്ന്—ഹേ നൃപോത്തമാ—ഈ ദേവനോടു ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ജഗത്ത് ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു.
Varāha
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Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Time (Ahorātra)","Celestial Bodies"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: cosmogonic domain
Related Themes: Adhyāya 67: time-personification leading into generation of ahorātra and luminaries, culminating in Viṣṇu-supremacy statement
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FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic cosmological style that narrates the emergence of temporal order (day/night) and luminaries (Sun/Moon) as stages in the unfolding of the world, a common template in early medieval Sanskrit compendia.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the content is cosmological rather than topographical.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is cosmological—linking the ordered world (time and luminaries) to a single overarching divine principle.
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