Varaha Purana 26.2: Adhyaya 26, Shloka 2
The Sun’s Assumption of Form and the Gods’ Hymn of Pacification
महातपाः उवाच । योऽसावात्मा ज्ञानशक्तिरेको एव सनातनः । स द्वितीयं यदा चैच्छत् तदा स्वात्मस्थितो ज्वलत् ॥ २६.२ ॥
mahātapā uvāca | yo 'sāv ātmā jñānaśaktir eko eva sanātanaḥ | sa dvitīyaṃ yadā caicchat tadā svātmasthito jvalat || 26.2 ||
مہاتپا نے کہا: وہی آتما ایک ہے، ازلی و ابدی، جس کی شکتی گیان ہے۔ جب اُس نے دوسرے کی خواہش کی تو وہ اپنے ہی سْوَآتْم میں قائم رہ کر روشن ہو کر بھڑک اٹھا۔
Mahātapā
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic cosmological motif: a singular, eternal principle initiating manifestation through will or desire, framed in concise philosophical Sanskrit.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse; the content is metaphysical and cosmological rather than topographical.
Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse presents a philosophical principle: the primacy of an eternal Self whose cognitive potency underlies the emergence of plurality.
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