Varaha Purana 95.58 — Adhyaya 95, Shloka 58
The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power
परमात्मा यथा देव एक एव त्रिधा स्थितः । प्रयोजनवशाच्छक्तिरेकैव त्रिविधाऽभवत् ॥
paramātmā yathā deva eka eva tridhā sthitaḥ | prayojanavaśāc chaktir ekaiva trividhā 'bhavat ||
ଯେପରି ପରମାତ୍ମା ଦେବ ଏକ ହୋଇ ମଧ୍ୟ ତ୍ରିବିଧ ଭାବେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ, ସେପରି ପ୍ରୟୋଜନ ଓ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟବଶତଃ ଏକମାତ୍ର ଶକ୍ତି ତ୍ରିବିଧ ହୁଏ।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue frame)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":false,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The one Paramātman appears as a functional triad; likewise one Śakti differentiates into three by upādhi (purpose/operation), echoing guṇa-based cosmology while retaining non-dual unity.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Tri-śakti as three ritual functions (creation–maintenance–dissolution) emerging from one power; not a limb-by-limb Varāha mapping in this verse.","vedantic_connection":"Bheda is vyāvahārika (functional), abheda is pāramārthika (essential); śakti-pariṇāma/vivarta language harmonized with Sāṅkhya guṇa-traya as explanatory schema."}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"metaphysics (unity-in-diversity)","core_concept":"One reality/power manifests as three due to purpose and function, without compromising essential oneness.","practical_application":"Contemplate triadic experiences (guṇas, functions, deities) as expressions of one ground; reduce sectarian or dualistic fixation."}
Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Philosophy","Metaphysics"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 95.95.62-65 (phalaśruti and ritualization of hearing/writing/worship)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"contemplative, didactic","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"medium-slow","voice_tone":"steady, clear, philosophically emphatic"}
FAQs
It documents a synthetic Purāṇic metaphysics: unity at the level of paramātman/śakti with plurality at the level of functional manifestation—an important bridge between devotional and philosophical discourse.
None; the verse is conceptual rather than topographical.
Implicitly, it encourages interpretive humility: multiplicity of forms and names can be read as functional expressions of a single underlying principle.
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