Varaha Purana 67.5 — Adhyaya 67, Shloka 5
On the Two ‘Sita–Kṛṣṇā’ Figures, the Sevenfold Ocean, and the Twelvefold Year
यः पुमान् सप्तधा जात एको भूत्वा नरेश्वर । स समुद्रस्तु विज्ञेयः सप्तधैकॊ व्यवस्थितः ॥ ६७.५ ॥
yaḥ pumān saptadhā jāta eko bhūtvā nareśvara | sa samudras tu vijñeyaḥ saptadhaiko vyavasthitaḥ || 67.5 ||
اے نریشور! وہ ایک ہی پُرش جو سات طرح سے پیدا ہوا، وہی سمندر سمجھا جائے—ایک ہو کر بھی سات گونہ طور پر قائم۔
Varāha (default, as speaker not explicit in fragment)
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":true,"symbolic_interpretation":"The ‘single Puruṣa’ manifests as a sevenfold oceanic principle—unity appearing as differentiated cosmic structure; a Purāṇic way of reading sacred geography as the body of the One.","yajna_varaha_imagery":"Ocean as the one Puruṣa ‘set’ in seven modes (often read alongside sapta-samudra / sapta-dvīpa cosmography).","vedantic_connection":"Bhedābheda-style cosmology: the One reality appears as many without losing unity; supports Viṣṇu-as-cosmic-substratum readings."}
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Subject Matter: ["Cosmology","Elemental Theory","Sacred Geography"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: cosmographic feature
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa adhyāya 67 cosmology sequence (ocean/time/celestials leading to Viṣṇu-supremacy)
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FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic cosmological style in which natural features (such as the ocean) are explained through symbolic and enumerative frameworks (here, a sevenfold schema), a common method of organizing cosmological knowledge in early Sanskrit literature.
No specific terrestrial location is named in this verse; the term samudra (“ocean”) is presented as a cosmological category rather than a single identifiable modern geographic site.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction about understanding unity expressed through multiplicity (one reality articulated in sevenfold form), rather than a direct prescriptive ethical rule.
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