Varaha Purana 2.48: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 48
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative
अर्द्धनारीनरवपुः प्रचण्डोऽतिभयङ्करः । विभजात्मानमित्युक्तो ब्रह्मणाऽन्तर्दधे पुनः ॥ २.४७ ॥
arddhanārīnaravapuḥ pracaṇḍo ’tibhayaṅkaraḥ | vibhajātmānam ity ukto brahmaṇā ’ntardadhe punaḥ || 2.47 ||
ผู้มีสรีระครึ่งสตรีครึ่งบุรุษ ดุดันและน่าสะพรึงกลัวยิ่ง—เมื่อพรหมตรัสว่า ‘จงแบ่งแยกตนเอง’ เขาก็กลับอันตรธานหายไปอีกครั้ง.
Varāha (default narrative voice per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not provided in fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic narrative motif in which a composite or liminal form (half-woman/half-man) is regulated by Brahmā’s directive, illustrating classical Sanskrit myth-making about social/cosmic order rather than a historical event.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the content is primarily mythic and cosmological.
A restrained philosophical instruction is implied: potentially disruptive power or fearsome embodiment is to be differentiated/ordered (“divide yourself”), aligning with Purāṇic themes of regulating forces to sustain cosmic balance.
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