Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 15
Nine Creations (Sarga), Guṇa-Streams of Beings, and Brahmā’s Progeny in Cyclic Time
मुख्यसर्गश्चतुर्थस्तु मुख्या वै स्थावराः स्मृताः / तिर्यक्स्त्रोतस्तु यः प्रोक्तस्तिर्यग्योन्यः स पञ्चमः
mukhyasargaścaturthastu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ / tiryakstrotastu yaḥ proktastiryagyonyaḥ sa pañcamaḥ
چوتھا سَرگ ‘مُکھْیَ سَرگ’ کہلاتا ہے؛ اس میں بنیادی طور پر سَتھاور—یعنی نباتات وغیرہ جیسے غیر متحرک جاندار—سمجھے گئے ہیں۔ جسے ‘تِریَک سْروتَس’ کہا گیا، وہی پانچواں سَرگ ہے—تِریَگ یونی، یعنی حیوانی یونی کی تخلیق۔
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Purāṇic account of creation as taught by the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It does not directly define Ātman; it outlines graded manifestations in creation—immobile life and animal birth—implying the Self’s presence through all embodied forms within cosmic evolution.
No specific yogic technique is taught in this verse; it supplies cosmological classification that later supports dharma and sādhana by situating beings within the ordered flow of manifestation.
This verse is cosmological and non-sectarian in tone; it presents creation categories without polemics, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis by treating the cosmic order as a shared sacred framework.