Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 73

Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion

Devanagari script

आदिसर्गस्ततः पश्चादण्डावरणसप्तकम् / हिरण्यगर्भसर्गश्च कीर्तितो मुनिपुङ्गवाः

Transliteration

ādisargastataḥ paścādaṇḍāvaraṇasaptakam / hiraṇyagarbhasargaśca kīrtito munipuṅgavāḥ

Translation

ထို့နောက် အာဒိသဂ္ဂ (အစဉ်အလာကမ္ဘာဖန်ဆင်းမှု) ကို ဖော်ပြခဲ့ပြီး၊ ထို့နောက် ဘြဟ္မာဏ္ဍ (ကမ္ဘာဥ) ၏ အလွှာဖုံးအုပ် ခုနစ်ထပ်ကို ရှင်းလင်းခဲ့သည်။ ထို့ပြင် ဟိရဏ္ယဂರ್ಭ (ကမ္ဘာဘြဟ္မာ) ၏ ဖန်ဆင်းမှုကိုလည်း အို မုနိမြတ်တို့၊ ပြန်လည်ကီးတိတော်မူခဲ့သည်။

Word by Word

• आदि-सर्गः: the primordial creation
• आदि-सर्गः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आदिः यस्य/आदौ इति सर्गः)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अण्ड-आवरण-सप्तकम्: the seven coverings of the cosmic egg
• अण्ड-आवरण-सप्तकम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + आवरण (प्रातिपदिक) + सप्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; समासः: तत्पुरुष (अण्डस्य आवरणं, तस्य सप्तकम्)

• हिरण्यगर्भ-सर्गः: the creation of Hiraṇyagarbha
• हिरण्यगर्भ-सर्गः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्यगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हिरण्यगर्भस्य सर्गः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• कीर्तितः: has been described/mentioned
• कीर्तितः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; धातुः: कीर्त् (to praise/mention)

• मुनि-पुङ्गवाः: O best of sages
• मुनि-पुङ्गवाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुङ्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (मुनिषु पुङ्गवाः)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) addressing the sages (munis) in the Purāṇic dialogue-frame

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyagarbha
• Brahmāṇḍa
• Sarga (creation)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: by listing stages of creation (sarga) and cosmic structure, it implies a transcendent principle beyond the created order—Atman/Iśvara as the ground from which Hiraṇyagarbha and the brahmāṇḍa arise.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific practice is taught in this verse; it functions as a cosmological catalogue. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, such cosmology supports contemplative discernment (viveka) by placing the yogin’s practice within a mapped cosmic order.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Not explicitly. However, the Purana’s overall method—describing creation through shared Purāṇic categories like Hiraṇyagarbha and brahmāṇḍa—supports a non-sectarian framework in which Śiva and Viṣṇu are understood as harmonized expressions of the one supreme reality.