Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3
Sūrya-vaṃśa Genealogy and the Supremacy of Tapas: Gāyatrī-Japa, Rudra-Darśana, and Śatarudrīya Upadeśa
प्रभा प्रभातमादित्याच्छाया सावर्णमात्मजम् / शनिं च तपतीं चैव विष्टिं चैव यथाक्रमम्
prabhā prabhātamādityācchāyā sāvarṇamātmajam / śaniṃ ca tapatīṃ caiva viṣṭiṃ caiva yathākramam
ଆଦିତ୍ୟ (ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ) ଠାରୁ ପ୍ରଭା ପ୍ରଭାତଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରସବ କଲେ; ଛାୟା ତାଙ୍କ ଆତ୍ମଜ ସାବର୍ଣ୍ଣଙ୍କୁ, ଏବଂ ଶନି, ତପତୀ, ବିଷ୍ଟି—ଏମାନଙ୍କୁ କ୍ରମକ୍ରମେ ପ୍ରସବ କଲେ।
Sūta (narrator) recounting Purāṇic genealogy to the sages (Naimiṣa tradition)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames cosmic order through divine progeny—time, planets, and auspicious/inauspicious forces—implying a governed universe in which dharma and karma operate under a higher sustaining principle.
No direct yogic technique is taught in this verse; it supports the broader Kurma Purana framework where understanding cosmic order (kāla, grahas, and dharma) becomes part of right knowledge (jñāna) that steadies sādhana.
It does not explicitly address Shiva–Vishnu unity; instead, it provides cosmological genealogy that the Kurma Purana later integrates into its Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis by treating cosmic functions (time, order, karma) as coordinated within the one sacred reality.