Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 50
Naimittika-pralaya and the Theology of Kāla: Seven Suns, Saṃvartaka Fire, Flood, and Varāha Kalpa
यो ऽयं प्रवर्तते कल्पो वाराहः सात्त्विको मतः / अन्ये च सात्त्विकाः कल्पा मम तेषु परिग्रहः
yo 'yaṃ pravartate kalpo vārāhaḥ sāttviko mataḥ / anye ca sāttvikāḥ kalpā mama teṣu parigrahaḥ
હાલ જે કલ્પ પ્રવર્તે છે તે વારાહ-કલ્પ છે અને તેને સાત્ત્વિક માનવામાં આવે છે. અન્ય સાત્ત્વિક કલ્પો પણ છે; તેમાં મારું વિશેષ પરિગ્રહ અને સંબંધ છે।
Lord Kūrma (Viṣṇu) speaking to the sages (in the Kurma Purana’s narrative frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By identifying the present cosmic cycle as “sāttvika” and personally “accepted” by the Lord, the verse implies a Supreme governance that orders creation through guṇas—yet remains the conscious overseer beyond the cycles it administers.
While not prescribing a specific technique, the emphasis on “sāttvika” points to purity-based sādhana—truthfulness, restraint, sattva-increasing conduct and worship—found throughout the Kurma Purana’s dharma-and-yoga framework (including Pāśupata-oriented disciplines).
It presents Viṣṇu (as Kūrma) as the cosmic regulator of kalpas through sattva; in the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, this governance is compatible with Śaiva-Pāśupata theology, where the one Supreme is praised through both Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva idioms.