Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 50
Naimittika-pralaya and the Theology of Kāla: Seven Suns, Saṃvartaka Fire, Flood, and Varāha Kalpa
यो ऽयं प्रवर्तते कल्पो वाराहः सात्त्विको मतः / अन्ये च सात्त्विकाः कल्पा मम तेषु परिग्रहः
yo 'yaṃ pravartate kalpo vārāhaḥ sāttviko mataḥ / anye ca sāttvikāḥ kalpā mama teṣu parigrahaḥ
یہ جو کَلپ اس وقت جاری ہے وہ وَراہ کَلپ ہے اور اسے سَتّوِک مانا گیا ہے۔ اور بھی سَتّوِک کَلپ ہیں؛ ان میں میرا خاص تعلق اور اختیار ہے۔
Lord Kūrma (Viṣṇu) speaking to the sages (in the Kurma Purana’s narrative frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By identifying the present cosmic cycle as “sāttvika” and personally “accepted” by the Lord, the verse implies a Supreme governance that orders creation through guṇas—yet remains the conscious overseer beyond the cycles it administers.
While not prescribing a specific technique, the emphasis on “sāttvika” points to purity-based sādhana—truthfulness, restraint, sattva-increasing conduct and worship—found throughout the Kurma Purana’s dharma-and-yoga framework (including Pāśupata-oriented disciplines).
It presents Viṣṇu (as Kūrma) as the cosmic regulator of kalpas through sattva; in the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, this governance is compatible with Śaiva-Pāśupata theology, where the one Supreme is praised through both Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva idioms.