Shloka 36
Measure of the Three Worlds, Planetary Spheres, and Sūrya as the Root of Trailokya
काष्ठां गतो दक्षिणतः क्षिप्तेषुरिव सर्पति / ज्योतिषां चक्रमादाय देवदेवः प्रजापतिः
kāṣṭhāṃ gato dakṣiṇataḥ kṣipteṣuriva sarpati / jyotiṣāṃ cakramādāya devadevaḥ prajāpatiḥ
جنوبی سمت کی حد کو پہنچ کر وہ چھوڑے ہوئے تیر کی طرح تیزی سے سرکتا ہے؛ اجرامِ فلکی کے چکر کو تھامے ہوئے دیودیو پرجاپتی آسمانی گردش کو آگے بڑھاتا ہے۔
Sūta (narrator) describing the cosmic order (kāla-gati) in Purāṇic cosmology
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: by portraying an ordered cosmic movement governed by Prajāpati, the verse points to an intelligible, law-like universe—classically read in the Kurma tradition as reflecting a higher regulating principle (Īśvara) that the Self realizes through discernment.
No specific technique is prescribed in this line; its yogic implication is contemplative—meditating on kāla (time) and jyotiṣa (celestial order) as supports for steadiness (dhāraṇā) and for aligning one’s life with dharma, a recurring Kurma Purana theme alongside Pāśupata-oriented discipline.
It does so implicitly through synthesis: the cosmic governance (Prajāpati bearing the wheel of luminaries) is a theistic function that the Kurma Purana often presents as compatible across sectarian names—Śiva and Viṣṇu are treated as convergent expressions of the same supreme order sustaining the cosmos.