Shloka 54
Nine Creations (Sarga), Guṇa-Streams of Beings, and Brahmā’s Progeny in Cyclic Time
गायत्रं च ऋचं चैव त्रिवृत्साम रथन्तरम् / अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात्
gāyatraṃ ca ṛcaṃ caiva trivṛtsāma rathantaram / agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamānmukhāt
Dari mulut pertama Ia membentuk metrum Gāyatrī dan mantra Ṛk, Trivṛt Sāman dan nyanyian Rathantara, serta Agniṣṭoma, yang utama di antara yajña.
Sūta (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages, describing the Creator’s emanation of Vedic forms)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as the source from whom sacred speech, Vedic metres, chants, and sacrificial order emanate—implying an Atman/Iśvara whose creative power manifests as śruti and dharma.
The verse foregrounds yajña and mantra-śruti as disciplines: recitation (ṛc), regulated chant (sāman), and sacrificial observance (Agniṣṭoma). In the Kurma Purana’s wider teaching, such Vedic order supports inner purification that matures into higher yoga.
Indirectly, by grounding spiritual authority in Vedic revelation and yajña—the shared sacred framework within which the Kurma Purana later articulates Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis (one supreme reality honored through multiple theistic forms).