Shloka 59

Nine Creations (Sarga), Guṇa-Streams of Beings, and Brahmā’s Progeny in Cyclic Time

Devanagari script

सृष्ट्वा चतुष्टयं सर्गं देवर्षिपितृमानुषम् / ततो ऽसृजच्च भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च

Transliteration

sṛṣṭvā catuṣṭayaṃ sargaṃ devarṣipitṛmānuṣam / tato 'sṛjacca bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

Translation

Habiendo creado la cuádruple creación—dioses, videntes, antepasados y humanos—después produjo también los seres, tanto inmóviles como móviles.

Word by Word

• सृष्ट्वा: having created
• सृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having created’

• चतुष्टयम्: a set of four
• चतुष्टयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुष्टय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्गम्: creation, emanation
• सर्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देव-ऋषि-पितृ-मानुषम्: (creation) of gods, seers, ancestors, and humans
• देव-ऋषि-पितृ-मानुषम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + ऋषि + पितृ + मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective) qualifying सर्गम्

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (adverb: then/from that)

• असृजत्: created
• असृजत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• भूतानि: beings
• भूतानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• स्थावराणि: immobile (beings)
• स्थावराणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• चराणि: mobile (beings)
• चराणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (Purana narrator describing the cosmic creation; traditionally transmitted in the Kurma Purana’s discourse framework)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Rishis
• Pitrs
• Manushyas
• Bhutas
• Sthavara
• Chara

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

By attributing the ordered emergence of gods, sages, ancestors, humans, and all moving/non-moving beings to a single originating agency, the verse implies one sovereign source behind differentiated life—consistent with the Purana’s view of one Supreme reality manifesting as many.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

This specific verse is cosmological rather than practical, but it supports Kurma Purana’s Yoga-shastra framing: meditation begins with seeing all beings (mobile and immobile) as arising from one Lord, cultivating non-sectarian devotion and steadiness of mind that later culminate in Pashupata-oriented discipline and Ishvara-focused contemplation.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

While Shiva and Vishnu are not named here, the verse’s single-source creation language fits the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: the supreme creator is one, revered through Shaiva and Vaishnava modes, with sectarian difference treated as functional rather than ultimate.