Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 56
Virocana–Bali, Aditi’s Tapas, and the Vāmana–Trivikrama Episode
अथाण्डभेदान्निपपात शीतलं महाजलं तत् पुण्यकृद्भिश्चजुष्टम् / प्रवर्तते चापि सरिद्वरा तदा गङ्गेत्युक्ता ब्रह्मणा व्योमसंस्था
athāṇḍabhedānnipapāta śītalaṃ mahājalaṃ tat puṇyakṛdbhiścajuṣṭam / pravartate cāpi saridvarā tadā gaṅgetyuktā brahmaṇā vyomasaṃsthā
പിന്നീട് അണ്ഡഭേദത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ശീതളമായ മഹാജലം താഴേക്ക് പതിച്ചു; പുണ്യകർമ്മികൾ ആശ്രയിച്ചു സേവിക്കുന്നതായിരുന്നു അത്. അപ്പോൾ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ നദി പ്രവഹിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി; ആകാശസ്ഥയായ അവളെ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് ‘ഗംഗാ’ എന്നു നാമകരണം ചെയ്തു॥
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta tradition) describing the cosmic origin of the Gaṅgā
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames sacred reality as emerging from a cosmic order governed by Brahmā’s ordinance; the Gaṅgā becomes a visible sign of a higher, purifying principle that supports dharma and inner purification.
No specific technique is taught in this verse; its yoga-implication is purity (śauca) and puṇya through contact with sacred waters—supporting sādhana by preparing the body-mind for mantra, japa, and contemplative discipline emphasized elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
This verse does not explicitly mention Shiva–Vishnu unity; it supports the Kurma Purana’s synthetic vision by presenting a shared purāṇic cosmology where divine functions (creation, naming, sanctification) cooperate in establishing tirtha-based paths of purification.