Shloka 6
Tāmasa Sarga, the Androgynous Division of Brahmā, and the Lineages of Dharma and Adharma
द्विधाकरोत् पुनर्देहमर्धेन पुरुषो ऽभवत् / अर्धेन नारी पुरुषो विराजमसृजत् प्रभुः
dvidhākarot punardehamardhena puruṣo 'bhavat / ardhena nārī puruṣo virājamasṛjat prabhuḥ
అనంతరం ప్రభువు తన దేహాన్ని మళ్లీ రెండుగా విభజించాడు—ఒక అర్ధంతో పురుషుడయ్యాడు, మరొక అర్ధంతో నారిగా అయ్యాడు; ఆ సార్వభౌమ పురుషుడు విరాజును సృష్టించాడు।
Sūta (narrator) recounting the cosmogony to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
FAQs
It presents the Supreme Lord as the single source who can appear as complementary opposites (male and female) without losing unity—suggesting one conscious principle manifesting multiplicity for creation.
No specific technique is prescribed in this verse; its contemplative value is in meditating on non-dual unity behind duality—useful for īśvara-dhyāna (meditation on the Lord) that underlies later Kurma Purana yoga teachings.
While not naming Śiva or Viṣṇu directly, the verse supports the Purāṇic synthesis: the one Lord manifests all forms and powers, a theological basis often used to harmonize Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava perspectives in the Kūrma Purāṇa.