Varaha Purana 25.2: Adhyaya 25, Shloka 2
The Birth of Ahaṅkāra as Guha/Skanda and His Appointment as Divine Commander
महातपा उवाच । सर्वेषामेव तत्त्वानां यः परः पुरुषः स्मृतः । तस्मादव्यक्तमुत्पन्नं तत्त्वादि त्रिविधं तु तत् ॥ २५.२ ॥
mahātapā uvāca | sarveṣām eva tattvānāṃ yaḥ paraḥ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ | tasmād avyaktam utpannaṃ tattvādi trividhaṃ tu tat || 25.2 ||
महातपा उवाच—सर्वतत्त्वातीतः परः पुरुषः स्मृतः; तस्मादव्यक्तं जातम्, तत्त्वादि च त्रिविधं तत् प्रकीर्तितम्।
Mahātapā
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It reflects the integration of Sāṅkhya-like metaphysical vocabulary (puruṣa, avyakta, tattva) into Purāṇic narration, illustrating how philosophical schemata were transmitted through widely circulated Sanskrit compendia.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a metaphysical statement about the origin of categories (tattvas).
The verse does not give a direct moral injunction; its philosophical instruction is classificatory—asserting a transcendent principle (puruṣa) and describing the emergence of the unmanifest (avyakta) and a threefold categorization of fundamental principles.
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