Shloka 15
Sūrya’s Celestial Car: Ādityas, Ṛṣis, Gandharvas, Apsarases, Nāgas, and the Two-Month Cosmic Cycle
अनुम्लोचा घृतीची च विश्वाची चोर्वशी तथा / अन्या च पूर्वचित्तिः स्यादन्या चैव तिलोत्तमा
anumlocā ghṛtīcī ca viśvācī corvaśī tathā / anyā ca pūrvacittiḥ syādanyā caiva tilottamā
أنوملوچا، وغريتاتشي، وفيشفاتشي، وكذلك أورفشي؛ وأخرى هي بورفَچِتّي، وأخرى أيضًا هي تيلوتّما.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration, traditionally Sūta speaking to sages in the Naimiṣa forest)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
FAQs
This verse does not teach ātma-tattva directly; it functions as a cosmological/catalogue passage listing apsarases within the ordered universe that the Purāṇa describes.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this line; its purpose is descriptive (naming apsarases). Yogic and Pāśupata-oriented teachings appear more explicitly in other sections, especially the Upari-bhāga’s Īśvara-gītā context.
It does not address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity directly; it contributes to the broader Purāṇic framework where both traditions share a single cosmic order populated by devas, sages, and apsarases.