Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 17
Solar Rays, Planetary Nourishment, Dhruva-Bondage of the Grahas, and the Lunar Cycle
वरुणो माघमासे तु सूर्यः पूषा तु फल्गुने / चैत्रे मासि भवेदंशो धाता वैशाखतापनः
varuṇo māghamāse tu sūryaḥ pūṣā tu phalgune / caitre māsi bhavedaṃśo dhātā vaiśākhatāpanaḥ
ماہِ ماغھ میں ورُڻ (نگران) ہوتا ہے، اور پھالگُن میں سورج ہی پُوشا کے روپ میں (حاکم) ہوتا ہے۔ چَیتر میں اَمش (نگران) بنتا ہے، اور ویشاکھ میں دھاتا ‘تاپن’—حرارت دینے والا—(نگران) ہوتا ہے۔
Sūta (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages, describing the monthly presiding solar deities)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by mapping divine functions to time (months), it presents a cosmos ordered by intelligible powers; in Kurma Purāṇa’s broader theology, such ordered manifestations point back to a single sustaining Reality (Īśvara/Ātman) behind all names and functions.
No specific yoga technique is taught in this verse; its practical use is dharmic observance—choosing proper times for vratas, worship, and discipline, which in the Kurma Purāṇa supports inner purification that complements Pāśupata-style restraint and devotion found elsewhere.
The verse itself is calendrical and solar; however, in the Kurma Purāṇa’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such deities function as coordinated limbs of one cosmic order under Īśvara—supporting the text’s tendency to harmonize sectarian forms within a unified sacred governance.