Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 71
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
अव्याक्तात् मभवन्त्येते त्रयो व्यक्ता महामुने अतो मरीचिप्रमुखास्तथान्ये ऽपि सहस्रशः
avyāktāt mabhavantyete trayo vyaktā mahāmune ato marīcipramukhāstathānye 'pi sahasraśaḥ
மகாமுனியே, அவ்யக்தத்திலிருந்து இம்மூவரும் வெளிப்படுகின்றனர். அவர்களிலிருந்து மரீசி முதலிய பிரஜாபதிகள், அதுபோல ஆயிரக்கணக்கான பிறரும் தோன்றுகின்றனர்.
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FAQs
Marīci is a primeval ṛṣi and Prajāpati, commonly counted among the mind-born sons of Brahmā. He functions as a progenitor through whom further lineages of sages, gods, and beings unfold.
Within this chapter’s sequence, ‘the three’ refers to the triad of guṇa-conditioned cosmic principles previously enumerated in the surrounding verses (including the tāmasa and rājasa forms just described). The verse summarizes their emergence from avyakta into vyakta manifestation.
It is an idiom for vast multiplicity—countless emanations and lineages—emphasizing the profusion of created categories rather than a fixed numeric count.