Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 62
Madhu–Kaiṭabha, Nārāyaṇa’s Yoga-Nidrā, Rudra’s Manifestation, and the Aṣṭamūrti–Trimūrti Teaching
सृजत्यशेषमेवेदं यः स्वकर्मानुरूपतः / स्वात्मन्यवस्थितस्तस्मै चतुर्वक्त्रात्मने नमः
sṛjatyaśeṣamevedaṃ yaḥ svakarmānurūpataḥ / svātmanyavasthitastasmai caturvaktrātmane namaḥ
جو اپنے ہی آتما میں قائم رہ کر جیووں کے کرم کے مطابق اس سارے جگت کی سೃષ્ટی کرتا ہے—اُس چتُروَکتر (چار مُخی) سروپ پر بھگوان کو نمسکار۔
Kurma Purana narrator (Purana-vakta), within a stotra-style passage praising the cosmic creator (Brahma) as an instrument of the Supreme
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents the creator as “abiding in the Self,” implying that cosmic activity proceeds from an inner, self-established principle rather than from mere external material causation.
While not prescribing a technique directly, the verse foregrounds svātma-niṣṭhā—steadiness in the Self—as the inner yogic basis from which right governance of creation (and, for practitioners, right action) is understood.
By stressing creation as karma-governed and rooted in the Self, it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology: functional deities (like Brahmā) operate as manifestations/instruments of the one supreme reality honored across Shaiva and Vaishnava frames.