Varaha Purana 25.2 — Adhyaya 25, Shloka 2
The Birth of Ahaṅkāra as Guha/Skanda and His Appointment as Divine Commander
महातपा उवाच । सर्वेषामेव तत्त्वानां यः परः पुरुषः स्मृतः । तस्मादव्यक्तमुत्पन्नं तत्त्वादि त्रिविधं तु तत् ॥ २५.२ ॥
mahātapā uvāca | sarveṣām eva tattvānāṃ yaḥ paraḥ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ | tasmād avyaktam utpannaṃ tattvādi trividhaṃ tu tat || 25.2 ||
مہاتپا نے کہا—وہ برتر پُرُش سب تَتّووں سے ماورا سمجھا جاتا ہے؛ اسی سے اَویَکت پیدا ہوا، اور تَتّوادि وہ بنیادی زُمرہ تین قسم کا بیان کیا گیا ہے۔
Mahātapā
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"None","karmic_consequence":"None"}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"Supreme Puruṣa transcending tattvas aligns with Vedāntic Brahman/Paramātman language; avyaktā emanation and tri-fold categorization echoes Sāṅkhya but subordinated to a supreme source."}
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Metaphysics","Sāṅkhya Categories"]
Primary Rasa: śānta
Secondary Rasa: jñāna (gnostic)
Type: teaching space
Related Themes: 25.25.1 (question on ahaṃkāra and Kārttikeya’s birth)
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"authoritative, contemplative","suggested_raga":"Kalyani","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"deep, measured, didactic"}
FAQs
It reflects the integration of Sāṅkhya-like metaphysical vocabulary (puruṣa, avyakta, tattva) into Purāṇic narration, illustrating how philosophical schemata were transmitted through widely circulated Sanskrit compendia.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a metaphysical statement about the origin of categories (tattvas).
The verse does not give a direct moral injunction; its philosophical instruction is classificatory—asserting a transcendent principle (puruṣa) and describing the emergence of the unmanifest (avyakta) and a threefold categorization of fundamental principles.
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