Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 26
Measure of the Three Worlds, Planetary Spheres, and Sūrya as the Root of Trailokya
तस्माच्छनैश्चरो ऽपुयूर्ध्वं तस्मात् सप्तर्षिमण्डलम् / ऋषीणां चैव सप्तानान्ध्रु वश्चोर्ध्वं व्यवस्थितः
tasmācchanaiścaro 'puyūrdhvaṃ tasmāt saptarṣimaṇḍalam / ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva saptānāndhru vaścordhvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ
Trên đó là cõi của Śanaiścara (Thổ Tinh); trên nữa là vòng Saptarṣi-maṇḍala (chòm Bảy Hiền Thánh). Vượt lên trên cả bảy Ṛṣi ấy, Dhruva (Sao Bắc Cực) được an lập vững bền.
Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s cosmography to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: by presenting a stable cosmic hierarchy culminating in Dhruva’s fixed station, it points to an underlying principle of order (ṛta/dharma) that, in the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, is ultimately grounded in the Supreme Lord who supports all realms.
No specific technique is taught in this verse; however, Purāṇic cosmography is often used as a contemplative support—training the mind to perceive ordered levels of reality and to turn attention from changing planetary motions toward the “fixed” (dhruva) principle, a common aid to steadiness (dhāraṇā) in yoga.
Not explicitly; yet within the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, the described cosmic structure is understood as sustained by the one Supreme—worshipped as Hari and also as Śiva—so cosmology functions as shared theological ground rather than sectarian division.