Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 105

Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion

Devanagari script

गमनं चैव कृष्णस्य पार्थस्यापि च दर्शनम् / कृष्णद्वैपायनस्योक्ता युगधर्माः सनातनाः

Transliteration

gamanaṃ caiva kṛṣṇasya pārthasyāpi ca darśanam / kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasyoktā yugadharmāḥ sanātanāḥ

Translation

کرشن کا روانہ ہونا اور پارتھ (ارجن) کا دیدار بھی بیان ہوا؛ اور کرشن دوَیپاین (ویاس) کے بتائے ہوئے ازلی یُگ دھرم بھی ذکر کیے گئے۔

Word by Word

• गमनम्: going, departure
• गमनम्: Karma (कर्म/that which is mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पार्थस्य: of Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ-अव्यय (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दर्शनम्: seeing; audience (darśana)
• दर्शनम्: Karma (कर्म/that which is mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• कृष्ण-द्वैपायनस्य: of Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• कृष्ण-द्वैपायनस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वैपायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कृष्णश्चासौ द्वैपायनः)

• उक्ताः: were stated
• उक्ताः: Karma (कर्म/Predicative of subject in passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त; √वच् धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (युगधर्माः) उक्ताः = 'have been stated'

• युगधर्माः: duties/laws of the ages
• युगधर्माः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (युगस्य धर्माः)

• सनातनाः: eternal
• सनातनाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (युगधर्माः)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator) summarizing the teaching-tradition of Vyāsa within the Kurma Purana discourse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

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FAQs

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

By stressing “sanātana” yuga-dharma taught through Vyāsa, the verse implies a perennial spiritual law grounded in the timeless Self, even as outer events (Kṛṣṇa’s departure, Arjuna’s vision) change.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse points to yuga-dharma rather than a single technique: in the Kurma Purana’s framework this includes age-appropriate sādhana—devotion, discipline, and Shaiva-Vaishnava aligned worship—supporting inner steadiness amid historical transition.

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

It presents dharma as a single eternal teaching-stream transmitted by Vyāsa and illustrated through Vaiṣṇava figures (Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna), consistent with the Kurma Purana’s synthesis where sectarian forms serve one sanātana truth.