Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 112
The Explanation of Sandhyā and Related Daily Observances
Saṅdhyā-ādi Nitya-karma-Vidhi
कूर्मेशः कमठीयुक्तो भूतमात्रैकनेत्रकः । लम्बोदर्या चतुर्वक्त्रो ह्यजेशो द्राविणीयुतः ॥ ११२ ॥
kūrmeśaḥ kamaṭhīyukto bhūtamātraikanetrakaḥ | lambodaryā caturvaktro hyajeśo drāviṇīyutaḥ || 112 ||
သူသည် «ကူර්မေဣရှ» (Kūrmeśa) — လိပ်ရုပ်ဖြင့် ထင်ရှားသော အရှင် — ဖြစ်၏။ လိပ်ရုပ်၏ အင်အားဖြင့် ပြည့်စုံပြီး သတ္တဝါတို့အနက် တစ်မျက်စိရှိသူ၊ ဝမ်းဗိုက်ကြီးလျားသူ၊ မျက်နှာလေးဖက်ရှိသူ၊ အဇ (Ajā) ဟူသော မမွေးဖွားသူ၏ အရှင်—ဗြဟ္မာ—ဖြစ်၏။ ထို့ပြင် စည်းစိမ်ချမ်းသာ၏ ဒေဝီ «ဒြာဝိဏီ» (Drāviṇī) က အဖော်အပါအဖြစ် လိုက်ပါ၏။
Nārada (in an instructional listing within the Vedāṅga/technical section, traditionally in dialogue frame with Sanatkumāra)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It compresses multiple divine epithets into a single verse, pointing to the one Supreme reality approached through different forms—Vishnu’s Kūrma aspect, Brahmā’s four-faced creative station, and wealth as divine śakti—useful for contemplation and ritual identification.
Bhakti is supported here by nāma-smaraṇa (remembrance of divine names): meditating on forms like Kūrmeśa and attributes like caturvaktra provides concrete supports (ālambana) for devotion and focused worship.
The verse functions like a devatā-nirdeśa (deity/epithet indexing) used in mantra application—helpful for ritual precision and for Vyākaraṇa/Nirukta-style understanding of names and their implied iconography.