Varaha Purana 9.3: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 3
The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas
तस्य द्वितीयमिच्छन्तश्चिन्ता बुद्ध्यात्मिका बभौ । असावित्येव संज्ञाया क्षणं भास्करसन्निभा ॥ ९.३ ॥
tasya dvitīyam icchantas cintā buddhyātmikā babhau | asāv ity eva saṃjñāyā kṣaṇaṃ bhāskara-sannibhā || 9.3 ||
เมื่อพระองค์ทรงปรารถนาการแผ่ภพครั้งที่สอง ความคิดอันเป็นสภาวะแห่งปัญญาก็ปรากฏขึ้น; ด้วยนามว่า “อเสา” นั้นส่องประกายชั่วขณะดุจรัศมีพระอาทิตย์.
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It reflects a Purāṇic cosmogonic style in which creation is narrated through successive emanations (e.g., mind/intellect and luminous forms), illustrating how early medieval Sanskrit texts integrated philosophical vocabulary (cintā, buddhi, saṃjñā) into mythic cosmology.
No geographic site is named in this verse; the imagery is cosmological and conceptual rather than topographical.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse primarily conveys a philosophical principle about manifestation—how intention/desire is followed by the arising of intellect-formed thought and its naming (saṃjñā).
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