Varaha Purana 2.5: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 5
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
आदिसर्गमहं तावत् कथयामि वरानने । यस्मादारभ्य देवानां राज्ञां चरितमेव च । ज्ञायते चतुरंशश्च परमात्मा सनातनः ॥ २.५ ॥
ādisargamahaṁ tāvat kathayāmi varānane | yasmādārabhya devānāṁ rājñāṁ caritameva ca | jñāyate caturaṁśaśca paramātmā sanātanaḥ || 2.5 ||
आदिसर्गमहं तावत् कथयामि वरानने। यस्मादारभ्य देवानां राज्ञां चरितमेव च। ज्ञायते चतुरंशश्च परमात्मा सनातनः॥
Varāha
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It functions as a programmatic statement typical of Purāṇic composition, linking cosmogony (ādisarga) to later narrative strata such as the deeds of gods and kings, thereby situating history-like material within a cosmological framework.
No geographic toponym is specified in this verse; it is primarily a structural and philosophical introduction to the cosmogonic narrative.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse presents a philosophical instruction: understanding cosmological origins is portrayed as a means to comprehend the narratives of beings and rulers and to recognize the eternal Supreme Self (paramātmā) in articulated aspects (caturaṁśa).
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