Varaha Purana 2.20: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 20
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
श्रीभगवानुवाच । ससर्ज सर्वभूतानि यथा नारायणात्मकः । कथ्यमानं मया देवि तदशेषं क्षिते शृणु ॥ २.२० ॥
śrībhagavānuvāca | sasarja sarvabhūtāni yathā nārāyaṇātmakaḥ | kathyamānaṃ mayā devi tadaśeṣaṃ kṣite śṛṇu || 2.20 ||
Благословенный Господь сказал: «Он породил всех существ согласно принципу, сущностью которого является Нараяна. О богиня, о Кшити (Земля), выслушай полностью то, что я излагаю».
Śrī Bhagavān (Varāha as instructor-voice)
FAQs
It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: cosmological teaching delivered through an authoritative speaker (“Bhagavān”) to a personified listener (Earth), framing creation as a doctrinally structured exposition rather than a purely mythic episode.
No specific terrestrial site is named here; “kṣite/kṣiti” addresses Earth as a personified interlocutor rather than indicating a particular region.
The verse primarily gives an epistemic instruction—attentive listening and complete transmission of knowledge—while situating creation within an ordered principle (nārāyaṇātmaka), which later Purāṇic contexts often connect to responsibility toward the world as a coherent, meaningful whole.
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