Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 11
Lineage of Vyāsas, Division of the Veda, and Vāsudeva/Īśāna as the Veda-Known Supreme
आराध्य देवमीशानं दृष्ट्वा साम्बं त्रिलोचनम् / तत्प्रसादादसौ व्यासं वेदानामकरोत् प्रभुः
ārādhya devamīśānaṃ dṛṣṭvā sāmbaṃ trilocanam / tatprasādādasau vyāsaṃ vedānāmakarot prabhuḥ
အီရှာန (Īśāna) ဘုရားကို ပူဇော်ကာ၊ သုံးမျက်စိရှင် သမ္ဗ (Sāmba) — သီဝ (Śiva) ကို မြင်တွေ့ပြီး၊ ထိုသခင်၏ ကရုဏာကြောင့် ထိုမဟာသူသည် ဝေဒများကို စီစဉ်တော်မူသော ဗျာသ (Vyāsa) ဖြစ်လာ하였다။
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta tradition) describing the cause of Vyāsa’s Vedic compilation through Śiva’s grace
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It implies that higher knowledge and sacred ordering (like the Vedas’ arrangement) arises through īśvara-prasāda—divine grace—suggesting the Atman is realized and expressed most fully when the ego yields to the Lord’s sovereignty (Īśāna).
The verse foregrounds ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) culminating in darśana (direct ‘seeing’ of the deity). In Kurma Purana’s spiritual frame, such bhakti anchored in discipline functions as a practical limb of Pāśupata-leaning Shaiva sādhanā, where grace perfects effort.
By presenting Śiva’s grace as the enabling power behind a foundational Vedic act, it reflects the Purāṇa’s non-sectarian synthesis: the supreme divine operates in mutually affirming forms, with Śiva’s prasāda supporting the Vedic dharma upheld across Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva traditions.