Varaha Purana 90.4: Adhyaya 90, Shloka 4
Description of the Threefold Goddess-Power and Brahmā’s Hymn to Sṛṣṭi
देवानां दानवानां च यक्षगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् । पशूनां वीरुधां चापि त्वमुत्पत्तिर्वरानने ॥
devānāṁ dānavānāṁ ca yakṣa-gandharva-rakṣasām | paśūnāṁ vīrudhāṁ cāpi tvam utpattir varānane ||
హే వరాననే! దేవులు, దానవులు, యక్షులు, గంధర్వులు, రాక్షసులు, అలాగే పశువులు మరియు వృక్ష-వల్లరీలకూ ఉద్భవకారణము నీవే।
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It preserves a Purāṇic cataloging style that integrates divine, semi-divine, and natural categories into a single cosmological framework of origin.
No location is specified; the verse is a universal enumeration of beings.
By placing animals and plants within the same origin-principle as other beings, it supports a worldview conducive to ecological regard and non-reductive valuation of life.
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