Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7
Nine Creations (Sarga), Guṇa-Streams of Beings, and Brahmā’s Progeny in Cyclic Time
तमप्यसाधकं ज्ञात्वा सर्गमन्यं ससर्ज ह / ऊर्ध्वस्त्रोत इति प्रोक्तो देवसर्गस्तु सात्त्विकः
tamapyasādhakaṃ jñātvā sargamanyaṃ sasarja ha / ūrdhvastrota iti prokto devasargastu sāttvikaḥ
તે સર્ગને પણ અસાધક જાણીને તેમણે બીજો સર્ગ સર્જ્યો. તે ‘ઊર્ધ્વ-સ્રોત’ કહેવાય; એ દેવસર્ગ છે, જે સાત્ત્વિક-પ્રધાન છે.
Narrator (Purāṇic account, traditionally Sūta/primary narrator describing cosmogony)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it portrays the Supreme as the intelligent cause who assesses the adequacy of a prior creation and then projects a higher, sāttvika order (deva-sarga), implying conscious governance rather than blind material evolution.
No explicit practice is taught in this verse; however, by classifying beings through guṇas (here, sattva), it supports the Kurma Purana’s broader yogic framework where sāttvika refinement is a prerequisite for higher knowledge and worship.
It does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu directly; yet, in the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, the sāttvika deva-order is part of the same single cosmic dispensation governed by the Supreme, harmonizing sectarian theologies under one creation-doctrine.