Varaha Purana 32.7: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 7
Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance
तथा आद्यन्त ओङ्कार द्विशिराः सप्तहस्तवान् । त्रिबद्धबद्धो विप्राणां मुख्यः पालयते जगत् ॥ ३२.८ ॥
tathā ādyanta oṅkāra dviśirāḥ saptahastavān | tribaddhabaddho viprāṇāṁ mukhyaḥ pālayate jagat || 32.8 ||
तसेच आद्य-अंत तत्त्वस्वरूप ओंकार—द्विशिर, सप्तहस्तवान, त्रिविध बंधनाने बद्ध—विप्रांमध्ये मुख्य होऊन जगताचे पालन करतो.
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The verse reflects a Purāṇic tendency to integrate mantra-theory (Oṁkāra) with anthropomorphic/iconographic description, indicating how sound-symbolism and cosmological governance were expressed in classical Sanskrit religious literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is cosmological and conceptual (Oṁkāra as a protective principle).
The central philosophical instruction is the notion of cosmic protection and sustaining order (pālayate jagat), presenting governance/preservation as a defining function of the foremost principle associated here with Oṁkāra.
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