Varaha Purana 72.2: Adhyaya 72, Shloka 2
Instruction on the Unity of the Triad
Brahmā-Viṣṇu-Rudra
अगस्त्य उवाच । भवान् ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च त्रयमेतत् त्रयी स्मृता । दीपोऽग्निर्दोपसंयोगैः सर्वशास्त्रेषु सर्वतः ॥ ७२.२ ॥
agastya uvāca | bhavān brahmā ca viṣṇuś ca trayam etat trayī smṛtā | dīpo 'gnir dopa-saṃyogaiḥ sarva-śāstreṣu sarvataḥ || 72.2 ||
അഗസ്ത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നീയും ബ്രഹ്മാവും വിഷ്ണുവും—ഈ ത്രയം ‘ത്രയീ’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ദീപം ഉപകരണങ്ങളുടെ സംയോഗത്താൽ അഗ്നിയാൽ പ്രകാശിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ, ഈ തത്ത്വം സർവ്വശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളിലും സർവ്വത്ര പ്രതിപാദിതമാണ്॥
Agastya
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It reflects a Purāṇic strategy of harmonizing major divine figures through a triadic framework (trayī), presented as consistent with wider śāstric tradition.
No geographic location is explicitly mentioned in this verse fragment.
Rather than an explicit ethical rule, the verse emphasizes interpretive consistency: core principles are presented as recurrent across śāstric sources, illustrated through an analogy (lamp/fire and constituent conjunction).
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