Varaha Purana 9.14: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 14
The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
तं दृष्ट्वा चन्द्रसूर्यौ तु कल्पितौ परमेष्ठिना । ततः प्राणः समुत्तस्थौ वायुश्च परमेष्ठिनः ॥ ९.१४ ॥
taṁ dṛṣṭvā candrasūryau tu kalpitau parameṣṭhinā | tataḥ prāṇaḥ samuttasthau vāyuś ca parameṣṭhinaḥ || 9.14 ||
ครั้นทอดพระเนตรสิ่งนั้น ปรเมษฐินทรงเนรมิตพระจันทร์และพระอาทิตย์; แล้วจากปรเมษฐินก็อุบัติปราณ (ลมหายใจชีวิต) และวายุ (ลม) ด้วย।
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It reflects a Purāṇic sṛṣṭi-krama (creation-sequence) style of cosmology, presenting celestial bodies (Moon and Sun) and life-principles (prāṇa, vāyu) as ordered manifestations attributed to a supreme ordainer (Parameṣṭhin), a common conceptual feature across early medieval Sanskrit cosmological narratives.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is cosmological rather than topographical.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is descriptive—emphasizing an ordered cosmos where celestial and vital principles arise through a structured act of creation.
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