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Varaha Purana 2.28: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 28

Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative

पुनरन्यदभूत् तस्य ध्यायतः सर्गमुत्तमम्। तिर्यक्स्रोतस्तु वै यस्मात् तिर्यक्स्रोतस्तु वै स्मृतः॥ २.२८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 2.28

punar anyad abhūt tasya dhyāyataḥ sargam uttamam | tiryaksrotas tu vai yasmāt tiryaksrotas tu vai smṛtaḥ || 2.28 ||

Pagkaraan, habang siya’y nagmumuni-muni sa dakilang gawa ng paglikha, may isa pang uri ng nilalang ang sumibol. Sapagkat ang agos (srotas) nito ay pahalang, kaya ito’y inaalala bilang ‘tiryak-srotas’, ang kaayusang pahalang ang daloy.

पुनःagain
पुनः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
अन्यत्another (thing/event)
अन्यत्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)
अभूत्came into being / occurred
अभूत्:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
तस्यof him/that (one)
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive/Relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (gen sg)
ध्यायतःof (him) meditating / while meditating
ध्यायतः:
काल/अवस्था (Temporal/State)
TypeVerb
Rootध्यै (धातु)
Formवर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्राय), षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘ध्यायतः’ = ‘while (he) was meditating’ (genitive absolute/possessive construction)
सर्गम्creation; emanation
सर्गम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (acc sg)
उत्तमम्excellent; highest
उत्तमम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘सर्गम्’ (acc sg)
तिर्यक्स्रोतःthe sideways-stream (category)
तिर्यक्स्रोतः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतिर्यक् + स्रोतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय-प्राय): ‘तिर्यक्’ (horizontal) + ‘स्रोतस्’ (stream/channel)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse/Contrast)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
वैindeed
वै:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)
यस्मात्from which; because of which
यस्मात्:
अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative cause-source)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (abl sg)
तिर्यक्स्रोतःthe sideways-stream (category)
तिर्यक्स्रोतः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतिर्यक् + स्रोतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
तुand/but
तु:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse/Contrast)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
वैindeed
वै:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphasis)
स्मृतःis called / is known as
स्मृतः:
क्रिया (Predicate/Verbal adjective)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive sense): ‘is called/remembered’

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
P
Puranic Cosmology
S
Sanskrit Philology

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It reflects a Purāṇic method of classifying living beings through typologies of creation (sarga), preserving older cosmological and philosophical vocabularies used across Sanskrit literature.

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the content is cosmological and taxonomic rather than topographical.

The verse primarily provides a classificatory description rather than an explicit ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is the ordered intelligibility of creation through traditional categories.

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