Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Nine Creations (Sarga), Guṇa-Streams of Beings, and Brahmā’s Progeny in Cyclic Time
सत्त्वमात्रात्मिकामेव ततो ऽन्यां जगृहे तनुम् / पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य पितरः संप्रजज्ञिरे
sattvamātrātmikāmeva tato 'nyāṃ jagṛhe tanum / pitṛvanmanyamānasya pitaraḥ saṃprajajñire
फिर उसने सत्त्वमात्र से बनी एक और तनु धारण की। और जब उसने स्वयं को पिता-भाव से माना, तब पितृगण (पितर) प्रकट हुए।
Sūta (narrating to the sages in the Naimiṣa forest)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents creation as proceeding through a consciously assumed, sattva-dominant form—implying that the higher principle manifests without losing transcendence, using purity (sattva) as the medium of orderly emanation.
While not prescribing a technique directly, the verse foregrounds sattva as the basis of higher manifestation—supporting the Kurma Purana’s wider yogic ethic that purification of mind (sattva-śuddhi) enables clarity, devotion, and disciplined ritual/meditation.
Indirectly: the verse uses a guṇa-based, non-sectarian cosmology where divine manifestation operates through sattva for sustaining order—consistent with the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis that treats cosmic functions as coordinated expressions of one supreme reality.