Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 135

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Devanagari script

तमाह देवो लोकानां दाहको हव्यवाहनः / यथावृत्तं दाशरथिं भूतानामेव सन्निधौ

Transliteration

tamāha devo lokānāṃ dāhako havyavāhanaḥ / yathāvṛttaṃ dāśarathiṃ bhūtānāmeva sannidhau

Translation

پھر ہویہ واہن دیوتا—دنیا کو جلانے والا اگنی—نے تمام مخلوقات کی موجودگی میں داشرتھی (رام) سے واقعہ جیسا ہوا تھا ویسا ہی ٹھیک ٹھیک بیان کیا۔

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• दाहकः: burner
• दाहकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाहक (प्रातिपदिक; दह्-धातोः कर्तरि ण्वुल्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun)

• हव्यवाहनः: carrier of oblations (Agni)
• हव्यवाहनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य + वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हव्यस्य वाहनः)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'as, according to')

• आवृत्तम्: what had happened / the account
• आवृत्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (past passive participle)

• दाशरथिम्: to Dāśarathi (Rāma)
• दाशरथिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशरथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; व्यक्तिवाचक (proper noun/epithet)

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Agni (Havyavāhana), as narrator to Daśarathi (Rāma)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Havyavāhana)
• Daśarathi (Rāma)

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: by emphasizing truthful recounting “as it happened” before all beings, it frames dharma as aligned with reality (satya), which later Purāṇic teaching identifies as rooted in the highest principle (Ātman/Brahman) that supports cosmic order.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific practice is taught in this line; its spiritual function is preparatory—establishing testimony, truthfulness, and witness-consciousness (sākṣitva) as the ethical ground on which later Kurma Purana teachings on discipline, devotion, and Pashupata-oriented sādhanā are built.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not explicitly mention Shiva–Vishnu unity; however, Agni as a universal divine witness serves the Purāṇic synthesis by showing that dharma and divine order are upheld through shared cosmic agencies, a theme compatible with the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava harmonization.