Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 12
Solar Rays, Planetary Nourishment, Dhruva-Bondage of the Grahas, and the Lunar Cycle
वन्दनाश्चैव याज्याश्च केतना भूतनास्तथा / अमृता नाम ताः सर्वा रश्मयो वृष्टिसर्जनाः
vandanāścaiva yājyāśca ketanā bhūtanāstathā / amṛtā nāma tāḥ sarvā raśmayo vṛṣṭisarjanāḥ
ವೃಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ಸೃಜಿಸುವ ಆ ರಶ್ಮಿಗಳು ‘ವಂದನಾ’, ‘ಯಾಜ್ಯಾ’, ‘ಕೇತನಾ’, ‘ಭೂತನಾ’ ಎಂದೂ ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತವೆ. ಅವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಒಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ‘ಅಮೃತಾ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ—ಮಳೆಯನ್ನು ಜನಿಸುವ ತೇಜೋಮಯ ರಶ್ಮಿಗಳು।
Sūta (traditionally narrating the Purāṇic discourse to the sages)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it presents cosmic order (ṛta/dharma) through named solar powers that sustain life via rain, implying a governed universe rather than randomness—often read in Purāṇas as functioning under Īśvara’s ordinance.
No direct yogic technique is taught in this verse; its contribution is contemplative—encouraging meditation on cosmic processes (Sūrya, raśmi, vṛṣṭi) as manifestations of divine regulation, a common Purāṇic aid to dhyāna and gratitude-based worship.
Not explicitly; the verse is cosmological. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such life-sustaining functions are understood as operating under the one supreme Lord, revered as Hari-Hara in different theological frames.