Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 22
Time-Reckoning (Kāla-gaṇanā): Yugas, Manvantaras, Kalpas, and Prākṛta Pralaya
एकमत्र व्यतीतं तु परार्धं ब्रह्मणो द्विजाः / सांप्रतं वर्तते तद्वत् तस्य कल्पो ऽयमष्टमः
ekamatra vyatītaṃ tu parārdhaṃ brahmaṇo dvijāḥ / sāṃprataṃ vartate tadvat tasya kalpo 'yamaṣṭamaḥ
โอ้ทวิชะทั้งหลาย ครึ่งหนึ่งแห่งอายุของพรหมา (ปรารธะหนึ่ง) ได้ล่วงไปแล้ว และอีกครึ่งหนึ่งก็เป็นไปอยู่ในบัดนี้—ในลำดับนั้น กัลป์ปัจจุบันนี้เป็นกัลป์ที่แปด
Sūta (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by describing Brahmā’s vast yet measurable lifespan, the verse implies that even the creator operates within time (kāla), while the Supreme Self is traditionally understood in the Purāṇic-Yogic view as beyond time and its divisions.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it supplies the cosmological frame (kāla, kalpa, parārdha) that later supports Yoga-shāstra instructions in the Kurma Purāṇa by placing human discipline (dharma, tapas, yoga) within a larger sacred chronology.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; however, as part of the Kurma Purāṇa’s synthetic outlook, such time-teachings are commonly treated as a shared Purāṇic cosmology within which both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava revelations (including Pāśupata and bhakti-oriented teachings) are situated.