Varaha Purana 2.36: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 36
Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
वैकारिकस्तृतीयस्तु सर्गश्चैन्द्रियकः स्मृतः । इत्येष प्राकृतः सर्गः सम्भूतो बुद्धिपूर्वकः ॥ २.३५ ॥
vaikārikas tṛtīyas tu sargaś cendriyakaḥ smṛtaḥ | ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ saṁbhūto buddhipūrvakaḥ || 2.35 ||
Sự sáng tạo thứ ba được gọi là vaikārika, cũng được nhớ là aindriyaka, tức sự sáng tạo dựa trên các căn (giác quan). Như vậy, sự sáng tạo nguyên chất (prākṛta) này hiển lộ với buddhi (trí tuệ) làm nguyên lý đi trước.
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a technical taxonomy of creation (sarga) that aligns with broader classical Indian cosmological discourse, including Sāṃkhya-style sequencing of principles such as buddhi and the senses.
No geographic location is mentioned in this verse; it is a conceptual (cosmological) classification rather than a sacred-geography reference.
The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its philosophical instruction is classificatory—linking a type of creation with sense-faculties and stating that manifestation proceeds with buddhi as a prior condition.
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