Prākṛta Sṛṣṭi and Pralaya: From Pradhāna to Brahmāṇḍa; Trimūrti Samanvaya
तेजो दशगुणेनैव बाह्यतो वायुनावृतम् / आकाशेनावृतो वायुः खं तु भूतादिनावृतम्
tejo daśaguṇenaiva bāhyato vāyunāvṛtam / ākāśenāvṛto vāyuḥ khaṃ tu bhūtādināvṛtam
火(テージャス)は外側を風が十倍に増して包み、風は虚空(アーカーシャ)に包まれる。虚空はさらに、諸元素に始まる原初の根源たるブーターディに包まれる。
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Purāṇic cosmological teaching of the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
By describing layers of elemental “envelopment,” the verse implies that the Self is not any one element; Atman is distinct from these coverings and is realized by discerning the difference between the witnessing consciousness and the evolving tattvas.
It supports tattva-viveka used in meditative inquiry: tracing experience from gross elements to subtler causes, then disengaging identification with these layers—an approach aligned with Kurma Purana’s Yoga-oriented, Pāśupata-friendly purification and discrimination.
Though not naming them directly, the shared cosmological framework is typical of the Kurma Purana’s synthesis: the same tattva-order is taught within a devotional-theistic horizon where the Supreme Lord—honored as Hari-Hara in spirit—transcends and governs the elemental coverings.