Shloka 2
Sūrya’s Celestial Car: Ādityas, Ṛṣis, Gandharvas, Apsarases, Nāgas, and the Two-Month Cosmic Cycle
धातार्ऽयमाथ मित्रश्च वरुणः शक्र एव च / विवस्वानथ पूषा च पर्जन्यश्चांशुरेव च
dhātār'yamātha mitraśca varuṇaḥ śakra eva ca / vivasvānatha pūṣā ca parjanyaścāṃśureva ca
ധാതാവ്, ആര്യമൻ, മിത്രൻ, വരുണൻ, ശക്രൻ; കൂടാതെ വിവസ്വാൻ, പൂഷൻ, പർജന്യൻ, അംശു—ഇവരാണ് ഇവിടെ പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ട ദേവന്മാർ.
Narrator (Purāṇic discourse voice; traditionally Sūta reporting the teaching of sages)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by listing Āditya-deities who uphold cosmic functions, the verse points to a single sustaining order behind many names—suggesting that the One Reality is expressed through multiple divine powers.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it supports a contemplative approach used in Purāṇic yoga—meditating on divine functions (rain, law, nourishment, radiance) as manifestations of Īśvara’s governance of the cosmos.
The verse is not explicitly sectarian; it presents a Vedic, function-based pantheon. In the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, such deities are typically understood as powers operating under the one Supreme Lord, allowing Shaiva–Vaishnava unity without contradiction.