Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8
Tāmasa Sarga, the Androgynous Division of Brahmā, and the Lineages of Dharma and Adharma
योगैश्वर्यबलोपेता ज्ञानविज्ञानसंयुता / यो ऽभवत् पुरुषात् पुत्रो विराडव्यक्तजन्मनः
yogaiśvaryabalopetā jñānavijñānasaṃyutā / yo 'bhavat puruṣāt putro virāḍavyaktajanmanaḥ
مُتَّسِماً بسلطانِ اليوغا وقوّتها العظمى، ومُتَحَلّياً بالمعرفة والعِرفان المُتحقَّق—صار ابناً مولوداً من بوروشا (Puruṣa): فيراط (Virāṭ)، الذي منشؤه من غير المتجلّي (Avyakta).
Suta (narrator) recounting the cosmological lineage to the sages (frame narration)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
By presenting Puruṣa as the causal source and Virāṭ as the manifest cosmic form arising through the Unmanifest, the verse implies a layered reality: the Self as the grounding principle, with manifestation proceeding via subtle (avyakta) to gross (virāṭ) expression.
The verse does not teach a technique directly, but it foregrounds yogic aiśvarya (sovereign powers) supported by jñāna and vijñāna—implying that true yogic attainment in the Kurma Purana is grounded in disciplined Yoga allied with both scriptural understanding and direct realization.
Though neither Shiva nor Vishnu is named here, the cosmology aligns with the Kurma Purana’s synthetic approach: a single supreme principle (Puruṣa) manifests the cosmos through avyakta to virāṭ—an interpretive framework used across both Shaiva and Vaishnava theological readings in this Purana.