Shloka 13
Tāmasa Sarga, the Androgynous Division of Brahmā, and the Lineages of Dharma and Adharma
यज्ञस्य दक्षिणायां तु पुत्रा द्वादश जज्ञिरे / यामा इति समाक्यता देवाः स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे
yajñasya dakṣiṇāyāṃ tu putrā dvādaśa jajñire / yāmā iti samākyatā devāḥ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare
یَجْن کی زوجہ دکشِنا سے بارہ بیٹے پیدا ہوئے؛ سوایمبھُو منونتر میں وہ ‘یام’ نامی دیوتا کہلائے۔
Sūta (narrator) recounting Purāṇic genealogy/manvantara lore
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames cosmic order through Manvantara cycles, where divine functions manifest as specific classes of devas; the Atman/Īśvara is implied as the stable ground behind these changing cosmic administrations.
No direct yogic technique is taught in this verse; it supplies cosmological context (Manvantara and deva lineages) that the Kurma Purana later connects to dharma, worship, and—especially in the Upari-bhaga—Pāśupata-oriented discipline and devotion.
By using Yajña (a divine principle often associated with Viṣṇu’s sustaining order) and cosmic cycles, it supports the Purāṇic synthesis where sacrificial order and lordship are shared theological language—later harmonized explicitly with Śaiva teachings in the Kurma Purana.