Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 36

Genealogies of Yadus and Vṛṣṇis; Navaratha’s Refuge to Sarasvatī; Rise of Sāttvata Tradition; Prelude to Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Incarnation

Devanagari script

तेषां देवावृधो राजा चचार परमं तपः / पुत्रः सर्वगुणोपेतो मम भूयादिति प्रभुः

Transliteration

teṣāṃ devāvṛdho rājā cacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ / putraḥ sarvaguṇopeto mama bhūyāditi prabhuḥ

Translation

Parmi eux, le roi Devāvṛdha, seigneur puissant, accomplit l’austérité suprême, désirant : « Qu’un fils, pourvu de toutes les vertus, naisse pour moi. »

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Genitive plural pronoun

• देवावृधः: Devāvṛdha
• देवावृधः: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवावृध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular (proper name)

• राजा: king
• राजा: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; apposition to देवावृधः

• चचार: practised
• चचार: क्रिया (आख्यात/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘practised/performed’

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: विशेषण (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular; qualifying ‘तपः’

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: कर्म (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject; desired)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• सर्वगुणोपेतः: endowed with all virtues
• सर्वगुणोपेतः: विशेषण (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + गुण + उपेत (√इ; उप-√इ + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — qualifying ‘पुत्रः’; समासः तत्पुरुष (‘endowed with all qualities’)

• मम: for me/of me
• मम: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular pronoun

• भूयात्: may (he) be
• भूयात्: क्रिया (आख्यात/Verb; आशिष्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘may he be’

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध (उक्ति/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• प्रभुः: the lord/master
• प्रभुः: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject; speaker/agent of wish)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/Vyāsa tradition)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Devāvṛdha

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FAQs

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

This verse does not directly define Ātman; it highlights tapas (disciplined striving) and the aspiration for sattvic qualities, which in the Kurma Purana’s broader teaching becomes a preparatory ground for self-knowledge and higher realization.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes parama-tapas—intense ascetic discipline. In Kurma Purana’s wider Yoga-shāstra frame, such tapas supports inner purification (śuddhi), steadiness (dhṛti), and fitness for higher yogic practice and devotion.

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

It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; however, the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis commonly treats tapas and virtue as universally valid dharmic means upheld across both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava paths.