Varaha Purana 2.49: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 49
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
तथोक्तोऽसौ द्विधा स्त्रीत्वं पुरुषत्वं चकार सः । बिभेद पुरुषत्वं च दशधा चैकधा च सः । ततस्त्वेकादश ख्याता रुद्रा ब्रह्मसमुद्भवाः ॥ २.४८ ॥
tathokto 'sau dvidhā strītvaṃ puruṣatvaṃ cakāra saḥ | bibheda puruṣatvaṃ ca daśadhā caikadhā ca saḥ | tatastv ekādaśa khyātā rudrā brahmasamudbhavāḥ || 2.48 ||
ఇలా ఉపదేశింపబడిన అతడు తనను తాను ద్విధా చేసుకొని స్త్రీత్వమును పురుషత్వమును ఏర్పరచుకున్నాడు. తరువాత పురుషతత్త్వాన్ని పది భాగాలుగా, అలాగే ఒక భాగంగా కూడా విభజించాడు. దానివలన బ్రహ్మసంభవమైన ఏకాదశ రుద్రులు ప్రసిద్ధులయ్యారు.
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It reflects a common Purāṇic cosmogonic motif in which divine principles are differentiated (e.g., male/female, multiple emanations) to explain the origin and enumeration of deity-groups such as the Rudras, situating the Varāha Purāṇa within broader Sanskrit mythographic and genealogical literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmogonic and genealogical (origin of the eleven Rudras).
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is descriptive, emphasizing structured differentiation and orderly emanation as a framework for understanding cosmic origins.
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