Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 2
Solar Rays, Planetary Nourishment, Dhruva-Bondage of the Grahas, and the Lunar Cycle
तस्य ये रश्मयो विप्राः सर्वलोकप्रदीपकाः / तेषां श्रेष्ठाः पुनः सप्त रश्मयो ग्रहयोनयः
tasya ye raśmayo viprāḥ sarvalokapradīpakāḥ / teṣāṃ śreṣṭhāḥ punaḥ sapta raśmayo grahayonayaḥ
ହେ ବିପ୍ରମାନେ, ତାଙ୍କର (ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟଙ୍କର) ରଶ୍ମିମାନେ ସମସ୍ତ ଲୋକକୁ ଆଲୋକିତ କରନ୍ତି; ସେମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରୁ ପୁନଃ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ସାତ ରଶ୍ମି ଗ୍ରହମାନଙ୍କର ଯୋନି, ଅର୍ଥାତ୍ ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତିକାରଣ, ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ।
Sūta (narrating to the assembled sages, describing Purāṇic cosmology)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it presents cosmic order as arising from a single luminous principle (the Sun as a manifest power), a Purāṇic way of pointing to one underlying source behind multiplicity—often read as reflecting the One Reality that supports all worlds.
No direct practice is taught in this verse; it supplies cosmological contemplation (dhyāna on cosmic order and light), which later supports disciplined meditation in the Kurma Purana’s broader yoga-śāstra and Pāśupata-oriented teachings.
It does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly; however, in the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology, such cosmological functions are ultimately grounded in the one Īśvara—understood through both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava frames—whose powers appear as orderly creation.