Varaha Purana 2.30: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 30
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्त्रिधा यस्तु सात्त्विको धर्मवर्तनः । ततोऽर्ध्वचारीणो देवाः सर्वगर्भसमुद्भवाः ॥ २.३० ॥
Ūrdhvasrotas tridhā yastu sāttviko dharmavartanaḥ | tato ’rdhvācāriṇo devāḥ sarvagarbhasamudbhavāḥ || 2.30 ||
जो ‘ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्’ त्रिविध आहे, तो सात्त्विक व धर्मानुसार वर्तन करणारा आहे. त्यातूनच ऊर्ध्वचारी देव उत्पन्न होतात, जे सर्व प्रकारच्या गर्भांतून जन्मलेले असतात.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic cosmological taxonomy that links moral-psychological qualities (sattva) with ontological status (deva), illustrating how early medieval Sanskrit texts systematize ethics and cosmology together.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily cosmological and classificatory.
The verse associates the sāttvika disposition with dharma-aligned conduct (dharmavartanaḥ), presenting ethical orientation as foundational to higher or ‘ascending’ states of being.
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