Varaha Purana 25.4: Adhyaya 25, Shloka 4
The Birth of Ahaṅkāra as Guha/Skanda and His Appointment as Divine Commander
पुरुषो विष्णुरित्युक्तः शिवो वा नामतः स्मृतः । अव्यक्तं तु उमा देवी श्रीर्वा पद्मनिभेक्षणा ॥ २५.४ ॥
puruṣo viṣṇur ity uktaḥ śivo vā nāmataḥ smṛtaḥ | avyaktaṃ tu umā devī śrīr vā padmanibhekṣaṇā || 25.4 ||
‘ปุรุษะ’ กล่าวกันว่าเป็นวิษณุ และตามนามก็ทรงเป็นศิวะด้วย; ส่วน ‘อวฺยกฺตะ’ คือเทวีอุมา หรือพระศรีผู้มีเนตรดุจดอกบัว।
Varāha (default dialogic frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It documents a Purāṇic strategy of correlating key metaphysical terms (e.g., Puruṣa, Avyakta) with major deity-names, reflecting a period of doctrinal synthesis and shared theological vocabulary across Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva milieus.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a doctrinal and lexical identification of cosmological principles with deity epithets.
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse offers a philosophical instruction: to understand multiple traditional names (Viṣṇu/Śiva; Umā/Śrī) as designations for underlying cosmic principles (Puruṣa/Avyakta), encouraging conceptual clarity and interpretive breadth.
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