Varaha Purana 2.37: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 37
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
मुख्यसर्गश्चतुर्थस्तु मुख्याः वै स्थावराः स्मृताः । तिर्यक्स्रोतश्च यः प्रोक्तस्तैऱ्यक्स्रोतः स उच्यते ॥ २.३६ ॥
mukhyasargaś caturthas tu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ | tiryaksrotaś ca yaḥ proktas tairyak-srotaḥ sa ucyate || 2.36 ||
मुख्यसर्गश्चतुर्थः, मुख्याः स्थावराः स्मृताः; यस्तिर्यक्स्रोतः प्रोक्तः स तैऱ्यक्स्रोत इति उच्यते।
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It preserves a Purāṇic scheme for classifying creation (sarga), reflecting how early Sanskrit cosmological literature organized living beings into hierarchical categories for teaching and memorization.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on cosmological classification rather than sacred geography.
The verse does not present a direct moral injunction; its philosophical instruction is classificatory—encouraging systematic understanding of life-forms (immobile vs. other streams of beings) within a broader cosmological framework.
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