Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3
Sūrya-vaṃśa Genealogy and the Supremacy of Tapas: Gāyatrī-Japa, Rudra-Darśana, and Śatarudrīya Upadeśa
प्रभा प्रभातमादित्याच्छाया सावर्णमात्मजम् / शनिं च तपतीं चैव विष्टिं चैव यथाक्रमम्
prabhā prabhātamādityācchāyā sāvarṇamātmajam / śaniṃ ca tapatīṃ caiva viṣṭiṃ caiva yathākramam
آدتیہ (سورج) سے پربھا نے پربھات کو جنا؛ اور چھایا نے اپنے بیٹے ساورن، نیز شنی، تپتی اور وِشٹی کو بالترتیب جنم دیا۔
Sūta (narrator) recounting Purāṇic genealogy to the sages (Naimiṣa tradition)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames cosmic order through divine progeny—time, planets, and auspicious/inauspicious forces—implying a governed universe in which dharma and karma operate under a higher sustaining principle.
No direct yogic technique is taught in this verse; it supports the broader Kurma Purana framework where understanding cosmic order (kāla, grahas, and dharma) becomes part of right knowledge (jñāna) that steadies sādhana.
It does not explicitly address Shiva–Vishnu unity; instead, it provides cosmological genealogy that the Kurma Purana later integrates into its Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis by treating cosmic functions (time, order, karma) as coordinated within the one sacred reality.