Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 17
Lineage of Vyāsas, Division of the Veda, and Vāsudeva/Īśāna as the Veda-Known Supreme
ततः स ऋच उद्धृत्य ऋग्वेदं कृतवान् प्रभुः / यजूंषि च यजुर्वेदं सामवेदं च सामभिः
tataḥ sa ṛca uddhṛtya ṛgvedaṃ kṛtavān prabhuḥ / yajūṃṣi ca yajurvedaṃ sāmavedaṃ ca sāmabhiḥ
ထို့နောက် သခင်ဘုရားသည် ဠိချ် (Ṛc) မန္တရားများကို ထုတ်ယူ၍ ဠိဂ္ဝေဒကို စီစဉ်တော်မူ၏။ ထို့အတူ ယဇုစ် မန္တရားများမှ ယဇုရ္ဝေဒကို ဖွဲ့စည်းတော်မူပြီး၊ သာမန် သီချင်းများမှ သာမဝေဒကို ပုံဖော်တော်မူ၏။
Sūta (narrator) describing the Lord’s Vedic arrangement
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme Lord as the conscious source who “draws out” and orders Vedic sound, implying an intelligent, sovereign principle behind revelation rather than a merely human authorship.
This verse is not a direct Yoga instruction; it establishes the Vedas as the authoritative foundation for dharma, yajña, and later Kurma Purana teachings (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline) that rely on mantra and right knowledge.
By attributing Vedic revelation to the single “Prabhu,” it supports the Kurma Purana’s integrative stance: the one Supreme is honored through multiple theologies, enabling Shaiva-Vaishnava unity grounded in shared Vedic source.