Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 21
Sūrya’s Celestial Car: Ādityas, Ṛṣis, Gandharvas, Apsarases, Nāgas, and the Two-Month Cosmic Cycle
एते सहैव सूर्येण भ्रमन्ति दिवि सानुगाः / विमाने च स्थितो नित्यं कामगे वातरंहसि
ete sahaiva sūryeṇa bhramanti divi sānugāḥ / vimāne ca sthito nityaṃ kāmage vātaraṃhasi
हे अनुचर सूर्याबरोबर दिव्यात नित्य भ्रमण करतात. आणि सूर्यही आपल्या विमानात सदैव स्थित, इच्छेनुसार गमन करणारा व वाऱ्यासारखा वेगवान होऊन आकाशात संचारतो॥
Vyāsa (narrating Purāṇic cosmology to the listening sages)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it presents cosmic order—Sūrya’s regulated movement with attendants—hinting that the universe operates under an overarching, intelligible principle that later Shaiva-Vaishnava teaching frames as Īśvara’s governance.
No explicit practice is taught; the verse supports contemplative meditation on cosmic order (ṛta/kāla), a common Purāṇic aid for steadiness of mind and devotion that complements later Kurma Purana yoga instructions.
It does not directly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it situates Sūrya within a divinely ordered cosmos, consistent with the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis where all deities function within one supreme governance.