Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 38
Solar Rays, Planetary Nourishment, Dhruva-Bondage of the Grahas, and the Lunar Cycle
सोमपुत्रस्य चाष्टाभिर्वाजिभिर्वायुवेगिभिः / वारिजैः स्यन्दनो युक्तस्तेनासौ याति सर्वतः
somaputrasya cāṣṭābhirvājibhirvāyuvegibhiḥ / vārijaiḥ syandano yuktastenāsau yāti sarvataḥ
سوم کے پُتر کا رتھ آٹھ گھوڑوں سے جُڑا ہے، جو ہوا کی طرح تیز اور آب سے پیدا ہوئے ہیں؛ اسی رتھ پر وہ ہر سمت، ہر جگہ سفر کرتا ہے۔
Purana narrator (Suta/Vyasa tradition) describing cosmic astronomy and divine vehicles
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: by presenting the orderly, all-pervading motion of a graha through a divinely governed chariot, the verse points to a cosmos ruled by an underlying intelligence—consistent with the Purana’s view that the Self/Ishvara is the inner regulator of all movements.
No explicit practice is taught in this line; its yogic value is contemplative—using cosmic order as an aid to dhyāna, where the practitioner reflects on disciplined motion and governance (niyati/ṛta) as signs of Ishvara, a theme aligned with later Kurma Purana teachings on devotion and inner control.
The verse is cosmological rather than sectarian; it supports the Kurma Purana’s non-competitive synthesis by portraying the grahas’ movement as part of a single sacred order upheld by the Supreme—compatible with both Shaiva and Vaishnava theological readings.