Shloka 122
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
एतत् पुराणं परमं भाषितं कूर्मरूपिणा / साक्षाद् देवादिदेनेन विष्णुना विश्वयोनिना
etat purāṇaṃ paramaṃ bhāṣitaṃ kūrmarūpiṇā / sākṣād devādidenena viṣṇunā viśvayoninā
हे परम पुराण कूर्मरूप धारण करणाऱ्या साक्षात् देवाधिदेव, विश्वयोनि भगवान विष्णूंनीच सांगितले आहे।
Sūta (narrator) / Purāṇic voice affirming the text’s divine authorship (Kurma = Viṣṇu)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By calling Viṣṇu “viśvayoni” (source of the universe) and “deva-ādi-deva” (primordial Lord), the verse points to the Supreme as the direct, transcendent origin behind all manifestation—consistent with Purāṇic non-dual theism where the highest reality is both immanent cause and sovereign Lord.
No specific practice is prescribed in this verse; instead it establishes authority: the teachings (including later Yoga and dharma instructions such as Pāśupata-oriented discipline and devotion) are validated as directly spoken by the Lord in Kurma form.
While Śiva is not named here, the verse frames Kurma/Viṣṇu as the supreme divine teacher—supporting the Kurma Purāṇa’s broader synthesis where the same highest reality is praised through both Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva idioms, grounding later unity teachings in the text’s divine origin.