Shloka 94

Cosmic Manifestation, Mahāmāyā’s Mandate, Varṇāśrama-Dharma, and the Unity of the Trimūrti

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्यमखिलं स्त्रष्टुं सदेवासुरमानुषम् / पुरुषः परतो ऽव्यक्ताद् ब्रह्मत्वं समुपागमत्

Transliteration

trailokyamakhilaṃ straṣṭuṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam / puruṣaḥ parato 'vyaktād brahmatvaṃ samupāgamat

Translation

ଦେବ, ଅସୁର ଓ ମାନବ ସହିତ ସମଗ୍ର ତ୍ରୈଲୋକ୍ୟ ସୃଷ୍ଟି କରିବା ପାଇଁ, ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତର ପରେ ଥିବା ପୁରୁଷ ବ୍ରହ୍ମତ୍ୱ (ସ୍ରଷ୍ଟା-ଭାବ) ଗ୍ରହଣ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः द्विगु (त्रयः लोकाः)

• अखिलम्: entire, whole
• अखिलम्: Karma-anvaya (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (त्रैलोक्यम्)

• स्रष्टुम्: to create
• स्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ

• स: with
• स: Sahartha (सहितार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: समुच्चय/सहितार्थ-पूर्वपद (with-)

• देव: gods
• देव: Compound-member (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया?; समासाङ्ग (देव+असुर+मानुष)

• असुर: asuras
• असुर: Compound-member (समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग

• मानुषम्: human (beings)
• मानुषम्: Karma-anvaya (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (त्रैलोक्यम्)

• पुरुषः: the Person (Puruṣa)
• पुरुषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परतः: from beyond
• परतः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-अव्यय (adverb: from beyond)

• अव्यक्तात्: from the unmanifest
• अव्यक्तात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मत्वम्: the state of Brahmā/Brahmanhood
• ब्रह्मत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• समुपागमत्: attained, reached
• समुपागमत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suta (narrator) recounting the cosmogonic teaching in the Kurma Purana

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Puruṣa
• Avyakta (Unmanifest Prakṛti)
• Brahmā
• Devas
• Asuras
• Manuṣyas

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FAQs

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

It presents the Puruṣa as transcendent to the avyakta (unmanifest prakṛti) and capable of assuming creative lordship without losing transcendence—implying the Self is prior to material causality yet can preside over manifestation.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific technique is prescribed in this verse; it supplies the metaphysical basis for Yoga—discerning Puruṣa as distinct from avyakta (prakṛti). Such viveka underlies meditative withdrawal from the unmanifest guṇas toward the presiding Self/Iśvara emphasized across Kurma Purana’s Yoga-shāstra currents.

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

While not naming Śiva or Viṣṇu directly, it uses the Puruṣa as the supreme source who assumes Brahmā’s creative role—consistent with the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology where the one Supreme Lord manifests multiple divine functions, supporting a non-sectarian (Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava) unity.