Shloka 8
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
ऊर्जस्तम्भस्तथा प्राणो दान्तो ऽथ वृषभस्तथा / तिमिरश्चार्वरीवांश्च सप्त सप्तर्षयो ऽभवन्
ūrjastambhastathā prāṇo dānto 'tha vṛṣabhastathā / timiraścārvarīvāṃśca sapta saptarṣayo 'bhavan
อูรชสตัมภะ, ปราณะ, ทานตะ, วฤษภะ, ติมิระ และอารวรีวาน—พร้อมกับอีกหนึ่งท่าน รวมเป็นเจ็ดมหาฤๅษี (สัปตฤๅษี).
Narrator (Purāṇic discourse voice, traditionally Sūta conveying the account of the sages and cosmic lineages)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is primarily genealogical/cosmological, naming Saptarishis rather than directly teaching Ātman-doctrine; it supports the Purāṇic view that dharma and knowledge are preserved across cosmic cycles through realized sages.
No specific yogic technique is taught in this verse; its function is to identify the rishis who, in Purāṇic tradition, transmit tapas, mantra, and dharma—forming the human channel through which Yoga-śāstra and spiritual disciplines endure.
The verse does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; indirectly, by affirming the Saptarishis as custodians of revelation, it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis where the same ultimate reality is praised through both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava streams.