Shloka 13
Sūrya’s Celestial Car: Ādityas, Ṛṣis, Gandharvas, Apsarases, Nāgas, and the Two-Month Cosmic Cycle
चित्रसेनस्तथोर्णायुर्धृतराष्ट्रो द्विजोत्तमाः / सूर्यवर्चा द्वादशैते गन्धर्वा गायतां वराः / गायन्ति विविधैर्गानैर्भानुं षड्जादिभिः क्रमात्
citrasenastathorṇāyurdhṛtarāṣṭro dvijottamāḥ / sūryavarcā dvādaśaite gandharvā gāyatāṃ varāḥ / gāyanti vividhairgānairbhānuṃ ṣaḍjādibhiḥ kramāt
Citraseṇa, Orṇāyu, Dhṛtarāṣṭra und Sūryavarcā—o ihr Besten unter den Zweimalgeborenen—diese zwölf Gandharvas, die Vorzüglichsten der Sänger, preisen Bhānu (die Sonne) mit mannigfachen Gesängen und schreiten der Reihe nach durch die Töne, beginnend mit Ṣaḍja.
Narrator (Purana narrator describing the retinue that praises Surya; addressed to a Brahmin as 'dvijottama')
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it presents cosmic harmony through ordered sound (ṣaḍjaādi svara) offered to the Sun, implying that the universe is sustained by intelligible order (ṛta) and that devotion aligns the individual with that higher, sustaining principle.
The verse emphasizes nāda-upāsanā in a devotional form—contemplative alignment through sacred sound and disciplined order (kramāt). While not a technical Pāśupata-Yoga instruction, it supports the broader Purāṇic theme that regulated praise and focused attention purify the mind.
Not explicitly; it focuses on Surya worship. Within the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology, such stuti to a cosmic deity can be read as honoring a manifestation of the one supreme Lord revered through both Shaiva and Vaishnava lenses.