Shloka 94
Cosmic Manifestation, Mahāmāyā’s Mandate, Varṇāśrama-Dharma, and the Unity of the Trimūrti
त्रैलोक्यमखिलं स्त्रष्टुं सदेवासुरमानुषम् / पुरुषः परतो ऽव्यक्ताद् ब्रह्मत्वं समुपागमत्
trailokyamakhilaṃ straṣṭuṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam / puruṣaḥ parato 'vyaktād brahmatvaṃ samupāgamat
三界のすべて――神々・アスラ・人間をも含めて――を創造するため、未顕現（アヴィヤクタ）を超えるプルシャ（Puruṣa）は、創造の働きとしてブラフマー（Brahmā）の位を受けた。
Suta (narrator) recounting the cosmogonic teaching in the Kurma Purana
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It presents the Puruṣa as transcendent to the avyakta (unmanifest prakṛti) and capable of assuming creative lordship without losing transcendence—implying the Self is prior to material causality yet can preside over manifestation.
No specific technique is prescribed in this verse; it supplies the metaphysical basis for Yoga—discerning Puruṣa as distinct from avyakta (prakṛti). Such viveka underlies meditative withdrawal from the unmanifest guṇas toward the presiding Self/Iśvara emphasized across Kurma Purana’s Yoga-shāstra currents.
While not naming Śiva or Viṣṇu directly, it uses the Puruṣa as the supreme source who assumes Brahmā’s creative role—consistent with the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology where the one Supreme Lord manifests multiple divine functions, supporting a non-sectarian (Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava) unity.