Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 13

Bāṇa’s Śiva-bhakti and the Genealogy of Kaśyapa’s Descendants

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Devanagari script

खसा वै यक्षरक्षांसि मुनिरप्सरसस्तथा / रक्षोगणं क्रोधवशा जनयामास सत्तमाः

Transliteration

khasā vai yakṣarakṣāṃsi munirapsarasastathā / rakṣogaṇaṃ krodhavaśā janayāmāsa sattamāḥ

Translation

ખસાએ યક્ષો અને રાક્ષસો, તેમજ મુનિઓ અને અપ્સરાઓને પણ જન્મ આપ્યો; અને ક્રોધવશ થઈ રાક્ષસગણને ઉત્પન્ન કર્યો—હે સત્તમ!

Word by Word

• खसा: Khasā (proper name)
• खसा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khasā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• यक्षरक्षांसि: Yakṣas and Rākṣasas
• यक्षरक्षांसि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa + rakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—द्वन्द्व (yakṣas and rākṣasas)

• मुनि: a sage
• मुनि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अप्सरसः: Apsarases
• अप्सरसः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• रक्षोगणम्: a host of Rākṣasas
• रक्षोगणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣas + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (group of rākṣasas)

• क्रोधवशाः: (she who was) under anger’s sway
• क्रोधवशाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुष (under the control of anger)

• जनयामास: gave birth to
• जनयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• सत्तमाः: O best ones / O excellent (sages)
• सत्तमाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), सम्बोधन/प्रथमा बहुवचन (Vocative/Nominative plural; contextually address)

Speaker

Sūta (narrating a Purāṇic account to the sages, in the standard Kurma Purana discourse frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Characters & Entities

• Khasā
• Yakṣas
• Rākṣasas
• Munis
• Apsarases

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FAQs

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

This verse is primarily genealogical, but it implicitly supports the Purāṇic view that diverse beings arise through prakṛti-driven states (like krodha/anger), while the Atman remains untouched—serving as the witnessing consciousness beyond such emotional causation.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No direct practice is prescribed, yet the verse underscores krodha (anger) as a cause of lower, disruptive manifestations; in Kurma Purana’s broader yoga-dharma framing (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline), anger is to be restrained through śama-dama (calm and self-control), japa, and sattva-purification.

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

The verse itself does not mention Shiva-Vishnu explicitly; however, within the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, such creation narratives are ultimately situated under one supreme governance—Hari-Hara unity—where cosmic manifestation proceeds while the Supreme remains transcendent.