Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 36
Measure of the Three Worlds, Planetary Spheres, and Sūrya as the Root of Trailokya
काष्ठां गतो दक्षिणतः क्षिप्तेषुरिव सर्पति / ज्योतिषां चक्रमादाय देवदेवः प्रजापतिः
kāṣṭhāṃ gato dakṣiṇataḥ kṣipteṣuriva sarpati / jyotiṣāṃ cakramādāya devadevaḥ prajāpatiḥ
தென் திசையின் எல்லையை அடைந்து, விடப்பட்ட அம்புபோல் விரைந்து நகர்கிறான்; ஜ்யோதிர்களின் சக்கரத்தைத் தாங்கி, தேவர்களின் தேவனான பிரஜாபதி விண்ணுலகச் சுழற்சியை முன்னெடுக்கிறார்.
Sūta (narrator) describing the cosmic order (kāla-gati) in Purāṇic cosmology
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: by portraying an ordered cosmic movement governed by Prajāpati, the verse points to an intelligible, law-like universe—classically read in the Kurma tradition as reflecting a higher regulating principle (Īśvara) that the Self realizes through discernment.
No specific technique is prescribed in this line; its yogic implication is contemplative—meditating on kāla (time) and jyotiṣa (celestial order) as supports for steadiness (dhāraṇā) and for aligning one’s life with dharma, a recurring Kurma Purana theme alongside Pāśupata-oriented discipline.
It does so implicitly through synthesis: the cosmic governance (Prajāpati bearing the wheel of luminaries) is a theistic function that the Kurma Purana often presents as compatible across sectarian names—Śiva and Viṣṇu are treated as convergent expressions of the same supreme order sustaining the cosmos.