Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 56
Nine Creations (Sarga), Guṇa-Streams of Beings, and Brahmā’s Progeny in Cyclic Time
सामानि जागतं छन्दस्तोमं सप्तदशं तथा / वैरूपमतिरात्रं च पश्चिमादसृजन्मुखात्
sāmāni jāgataṃ chandastomaṃ saptadaśaṃ tathā / vairūpamatirātraṃ ca paścimādasṛjanmukhāt
पश्चिममुखात् परमेश्वरः सामानि जागतं छन्दः, सप्तदशस्तोत्रयुक्तं छन्दस्तोमं, वैरूपमतिरात्रं च सोमयागौ समसृजत्।
Vyasa (narratorial voice) describing cosmic-ritual emanation in Purāṇic style
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By portraying metres, hymns, and Soma-rites as emanating from a single cosmic source, the verse frames sacred sound and ritual order as expressions of one Supreme Reality that manifests the Vedic cosmos.
This verse is primarily ritual-cosmological rather than meditative; it supports a Kurma Purana theme that disciplined yajña (especially Soma structures like stomas and Atirātra) is a regulated path of inner and outer order that can complement later Yoga teachings.
Indirectly: by locating Vedic revelation and sacrificial structures in the one Supreme source revered across Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, it supports the Purāṇa’s non-sectarian stance that the same Lord grounds both devotion and Vedic dharma.