Varaha Purana 34.3: Adhyaya 34, Shloka 3
Account of the Origin of the Ancestors (Pitṛs) and the Regulations for Śrāddha Offerings
तस्यात्मनि तदा योगं गतस्य परमेष्ठिनः । तन्मात्रा निर्ययुर्देहाद् धूमवर्णाकृतित्विषः ॥ ३४.३ ॥
tasyātmani tadā yogaṃ gatasya parameṣṭhinaḥ | tanmātrā niryayur dehād dhūmavarṇākṛtitviṣaḥ || 34.3 ||
तस्यात्मनि तदा योगं गतस्य परमेष्ठिनः । तन्मात्रा निर्ययुर्देहाद् धूमवर्णाकृतित्विषः ॥
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It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of Sāṃkhya-style cosmology (tanmātras as subtle potentials) with yogic language, illustrating how early medieval Sanskrit texts integrated philosophical vocabularies into narrative cosmogenesis.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is cosmological and describes emanation of subtle elements rather than sacred topography.
The verse does not present an explicit ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is descriptive—linking inner yogic absorption with the emergence of subtle constituents of the cosmos.
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