Shloka 118
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
नैमित्तिकस्तु कथितः प्रतिसर्गस्ततः परम् / प्राकृतः प्रलयश्चोर्ध्वं सबीजो योग एव च
naimittikastu kathitaḥ pratisargastataḥ param / prākṛtaḥ pralayaścordhvaṃ sabījo yoga eva ca
هكذا وُصِفَتْ إعادةُ الخلق العَرَضية (نيمِتِّيكا)؛ ثم تأتي بعدها الفناءُ البدئيّ (برَاكْرِتا) في مرتبةٍ أعلى، وكذلك اليوغا «ذاتُ البذرة» (سَبِيجا)، وهي رياضةُ التأمّل التي تُبقي موضوعًا يُتَّخَذُ سندًا.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing sages (Kurma Purana narrative frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By distinguishing cosmic processes (re-creation and dissolution) from sabīja-yoga, the verse implies that liberation concerns the yogic realization beyond changing prakṛti—pointing to the stable Self as distinct from cosmological transformations.
It highlights sabīja-yoga—meditation “with seed,” i.e., contemplation supported by an object such as a mantra, deity-form (Īśvara), or a subtle principle, used as a stabilizing basis for concentration and inner absorption.
While not naming them, it reflects the Purana’s synthesis by presenting yoga and cosmology in a theistic frame where the Supreme Lord (spoken here as Kurma/Vishnu) teaches a discipline compatible with Shaiva-Pashupata and Vaishnava contemplative vocabularies.