Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 37
Measure of the Three Worlds, Planetary Spheres, and Sūrya as the Root of Trailokya
दिवसस्य रविर्मध्ये सर्वकालं व्यवस्थितः / सप्तद्वीपेषु विप्रेन्द्रा निशामध्यस्य संमुखम्
divasasya ravirmadhye sarvakālaṃ vyavasthitaḥ / saptadvīpeṣu viprendrā niśāmadhyasya saṃmukham
O pinakamainam sa mga brāhmaṇa, ang Araw ay laging nakatindig sa gitna ng araw; at para sa pitong kontinente (saptadvīpa), ito’y nakaharap sa tuldok ng hatinggabi, upang ayusin ang sukat ng panahon.
Sūta (narrator) describing Purāṇic cosmography to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya framework)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by presenting the Sun as a regulator of kāla (time) and order, the verse supports the Purāṇic view that cosmic regularity reflects an underlying sustaining principle—ultimately grounded in Īśvara rather than randomness.
No direct yogic technique is taught in this line; however, it provides a cosmological framework often used in Purāṇic practice for timing rites (sandhyā, vrata, japa) according to solar measures of day and night.
This verse is cosmographic rather than sectarian; within the Kūrma Purāṇa’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such cosmic functions (like kāla-regulation through the Sun) are typically understood as operating under the one supreme Īśvara acknowledged in both Shiva and Vishnu forms.