Varaha Purana 2.29: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 29
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
पश्वादयस्ते विख्याता उत्पथग्राहिणस्तु ते। तमप्यसाधकं मत्वा तिर्यक्स्रोतं चतुर्मुखः॥ २.२९ ॥
paśvādayas te vikhyātā utpathagrāhiṇas tu te | tam apy asādhakaṃ matvā tiryaksrotaṃ caturmukhaḥ || 2.29 ||
पश्वादयः प्राणिनः प्रसिद्धाः; ते खलु उत्पथग्राहिणः। तदप्यसाधकं मत्वा चतुर्मुखो ब्रह्मा तान् ‘तिर्यक्स्रोतसः’ इति व्यवस्थितवान्।
Varāha
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It preserves a Purāṇic-era classificatory vocabulary (e.g., tiryak-srotas) used to systematize living beings within broader cosmological and philosophical frameworks attributed to Brahmā.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is ontological classification rather than sacred geography.
The verse frames ‘deviating paths’ (utpatha) as non-conducive to accomplishment (asādhaka), presenting an ethical-philosophical preference for disciplined or right-directed conduct.
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