Shloka 5
Cosmic Manifestation, Mahāmāyā’s Mandate, Varṇāśrama-Dharma, and the Unity of the Trimūrti
चतुर्मुखस्ततो जातो ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः / तदन्तरे ऽभवत् क्रोधः कस्माच्चित् कारणात् तदा
caturmukhastato jāto brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ / tadantare 'bhavat krodhaḥ kasmāccit kāraṇāt tadā
Daraufhin wurde Brahmā, der Viergesichtige, geboren, der Großvater der Welten. Inmitten dieses schöpferischen Entfaltens erhob sich damals aus irgendeinem Grund der Zorn.
Suta (narrator) conveying the cosmogonic sequence as taught in the Kurma Purana
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
Indirectly: it portrays creation as a staged manifestation where even Brahmā and emotions like wrath arise within cosmic process—implying the Self is prior to and untouched by these emergent modes.
No explicit practice is taught in this line; however, by showing anger as an arising phenomenon within creation, it supports the Yogic discipline of witnessing and mastering krodha through vairāgya (dispassion) and inner restraint, themes developed later in Kurma Purana’s dharma-and-yoga sections.
By foreshadowing Rudra’s emergence (through the motif of cosmic wrath) within a Purāṇic creation scheme that ultimately harmonizes Shaiva and Vaishnava principles—Rudra functioning within the same divine order upheld by the Supreme.