Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 2
Dakṣa’s Progeny, Nṛsiṃha–Varāha Avatāras, and Andhaka’s Defeat
Hari–Hara–Śakti Synthesis
यदास्य सृजमानस्य न व्यवर्धन्त ताः प्रजाः / तदा ससर्ज भूतानि मैथुनेनैव धर्मतः
yadāsya sṛjamānasya na vyavardhanta tāḥ prajāḥ / tadā sasarja bhūtāni maithunenaiva dharmataḥ
جب وہ پیدا کر رہا تھا پھر بھی وہ پرجائیں نہ بڑھیں، تو اس نے دھرم کے مطابق مَیتھُن ہی کے ذریعے مخلوقات کو پیدا کیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic sage, traditionally Vyāsa’s discourse in the Kurma Purana narration)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it presents cosmic creation as operating through dharma-ordered processes; the Self/Īśvara is implied as the intelligent source who regulates how beings multiply within lawful order.
No direct yogic technique is taught in this verse; its relevance is ethical-cosmic—showing that even generative power (maithuna) is framed as dharmataḥ, a principle later harmonized with self-restraint and discipline in Kurma Purana’s broader yogic teaching.
It does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly; the Kurma Purana’s synthesis is reflected more generally in the idea of a single dharma-governed cosmic order that both Shaiva and Vaishnava streams interpret as upheld by the Supreme Lord.