Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 145

Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमाराद् भगवान् मुनिः सत्यवतीसुतः / लेभे पुराणं परमं व्यासः सर्वार्थसंचयम्

Transliteration

sanatkumārād bhagavān muniḥ satyavatīsutaḥ / lebhe purāṇaṃ paramaṃ vyāsaḥ sarvārthasaṃcayam

Translation

సనత్కుమారుని నుండే భగవంతునితో సమానమైన ముని, సత్యవతీ సుతుడైన వ్యాసుడు ఈ పరమ పురాణాన్ని పొందాడు—ఇది సమస్త అర్థాలు, ప్రయోజనాల సారసంగ్రహం।

Word by Word

• सनत्कुमारात्: from Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत्कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (सनत्+कुमार); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• भगवान्: the venerable one
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सत्यवतीसुतः: son of Satyavatī
• सत्यवतीसुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवती + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सत्यवत्याः सुतः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लेभे: obtained
• लेभे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुराणम्: Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition to subject

• सर्वार्थसंचयम्: a compendium of all meanings/things
• सर्वार्थसंचयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + अर्थ + संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (अर्थानां संचयः; सर्व-उपपदपूर्वक); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुराणस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (Sūta-style lineage narration; not a direct dialogue line of Kurma here)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Sanatkumara
• Vyasa
• Satyavati

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FAQs

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

Indirectly: by calling the Purāṇa “sarvārtha-saṃcaya,” it frames the teaching as encompassing the highest puruṣārtha—mokṣa—whose realization is classically tied to knowing the Self (ātman) beyond limited aims.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No single practice is named in this verse; it establishes textual lineage and authority, preparing the ground for later Kurma Purana teachings—especially Pāśupata-leaning disciplines and devotion-driven contemplation that culminate in liberation.

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

It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; instead, it legitimizes the Kurma Purana’s comprehensive scope—within which the Purāṇa later presents a Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis (unity of the supreme reality approached through multiple theistic forms).