Shloka 11
Measure of the Three Worlds, Planetary Spheres, and Sūrya as the Root of Trailokya
सौरिर्द्विलक्षेण गुरोर् ग्रहाणामथ मण्डलम् / सप्तर्षिमण्डलं तस्माल्लक्षमात्रे प्रिकाशते
saurirdvilakṣeṇa guror grahāṇāmatha maṇḍalam / saptarṣimaṇḍalaṃ tasmāllakṣamātre prikāśate
গুরুর মণ্ডল থেকে দুই লক্ষ দূরে শৌরি (শনি) অবস্থান করেন। তারও এক লক্ষ ঊর্ধ্বে সপ্তর্ষিমণ্ডল দীপ্ত হয়ে প্রকাশিত।
Sūta (narrating the Purāṇic cosmography to the sages)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: by mapping ordered cosmic spheres, the verse supports the Purāṇic vision of a law-governed universe, within which the Atman/Iśvara is understood as the underlying, unchanging reality beyond all moving planetary regions.
No direct practice is taught in this verse; however, such cosmographic descriptions are traditionally used for dhyāna—contemplation on the vast, structured cosmos to steady the mind before higher teachings such as Pāśupata-oriented discipline and devotion found elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; its contribution is contextual—Kurma Purana often integrates cosmology with theology, where the same supreme principle is praised through both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava lenses in other sections.