Shloka 10

Measure of the Three Worlds, Planetary Spheres, and Sūrya as the Root of Trailokya

Devanagari script

अङ्गारको ऽपि शुक्रस्य तत्प्रमाणो व्यवस्थितः / लक्षद्वयेन भौमस्य स्थितो देवपुरोहितः

Transliteration

aṅgārako 'pi śukrasya tatpramāṇo vyavasthitaḥ / lakṣadvayena bhaumasya sthito devapurohitaḥ

Translation

ശുക്രന്റെ സമാന അളവിൽ അങ്കാരകൻ (ചൊവ്വ)യും സ്ഥിരമായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു. ഭൗമൻ (ചൊവ്വ) മുതൽ രണ്ട് ലക്ഷം ദൂരത്ത് ദേവപുരോഹിതനായ ബൃഹസ്പതി സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अङ्गारकः: Mars (Aṅgāraka)
• अङ्गारकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also/even’

• शुक्रस्य: of Venus (Śukra)
• शुक्रस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• तत्-प्रमाणः: of that measure; of the same measure
• तत्-प्रमाणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tasya pramāṇam → tatpramāṇaḥ)

• व्यवस्थितः: is situated/established
• व्यवस्थितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), अर्थः ‘स्थित/नियत’

• लक्ष-द्वयेन: by/at a distance of two lakhs
• लक्ष-द्वयेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (two lakhs)

• भौमस्य: of Mars (Bhauma)
• भौमस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भौम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थितः: is situated
• स्थितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• देव-पुरोहितः: the priest of the gods (Bṛhaspati)
• देव-पुरोहितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānāṃ purohitaḥ)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) conveying the Purāṇic cosmological account to the sages

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka (Mars)
• Śukra (Venus)
• Bhauma (Mars)
• Bṛhaspati (Deva-purohita, Jupiter)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

This verse is primarily cosmological, mapping planetary measures; indirectly, Kurma Purana’s sacred astronomy frames the ordered cosmos as an expression of Īśvara’s governance, within which the Self is to be contemplated as distinct from changing celestial phenomena.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No direct yogic technique is taught in this line; however, such graha-measure descriptions support dhyāna on cosmic order (ṛta) and disciplined attention—foundational attitudes that the Kurma Purana later aligns with devotional contemplation and yogic steadiness.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

The verse itself does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; in the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, cosmological order is understood as upheld by the one supreme Īśvara, approached through multiple divine forms.