Shloka 4
Solar Rays, Planetary Nourishment, Dhruva-Bondage of the Grahas, and the Lunar Cycle
अर्वावसुरिति ख्यातः स्वराडन्यः प्रकीर्तितः / सुपुम्नः सूर्यरश्मिस्तु पुष्णाति शिशिरद्युतिम्
arvāvasuriti khyātaḥ svarāḍanyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / supumnaḥ sūryaraśmistu puṣṇāti śiśiradyutim
Ein Sonnenstrahl ist berühmt als Arvāvasu, ein anderer wird als Svarāṭ gepriesen. Der Strahl namens Supumna nährt und erhält den kühlen Glanz der Śiśira‑Jahreszeit (winterliche Leuchtkraft).
Sūta (narrator) recounting the Purāṇic teaching as transmitted by sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by showing the Sun’s ordered rays sustaining seasonal qualities, the verse points to a governed cosmos (ṛta). In the Kurma Purana’s theistic frame, such order implies an inner sovereign principle—Īśvara/Atman—through which cosmic functions are harmonized.
No explicit practice is taught in this line; however, it supports a common Kurma Purana yogic motif: contemplation on cosmic order (time, seasons, light) to steady the mind. Meditating on Sūrya as regulated energy can be used as a support for dhyāna and prāṇa-discipline within a dharmic life.
This specific verse is cosmological rather than sectarian: it describes Sūrya’s rays and their functions. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such cosmic administration is ultimately grounded in the one Lord (Īśvara) revered as both Hari and Hara, though that unity is not stated explicitly here.