Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 35

Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas

Devanagari script

ॐ खखोल्काय शान्ताय कारणत्रयहेतवे / निवेदयामि चात्मानं नमस्ते ज्ञानरूपिणे / नमस्ते घृणिने तुभ्यं सूर्याय ब्रह्मरूपिणे

Transliteration

oṃ khakholkāya śāntāya kāraṇatrayahetave / nivedayāmi cātmānaṃ namaste jñānarūpiṇe / namaste ghṛṇine tubhyaṃ sūryāya brahmarūpiṇe

Translation

Om. Kính lễ Ngài, Đấng bao trùm khắp, Đấng an tịnh, nguyên nhân của ba nhân duyên. Con xin dâng hiến chính tự thân mình lên Ngài—kính lễ Đấng có hình tướng là trí tuệ thuần tịnh. Kính lễ Ngài, Đấng từ mẫn rực sáng—kính lễ Mặt Trời (Sūrya), Đấng có bản tính là Brahman.

Word by Word

• ॐ: Om
• ॐ: Maṅgala/Āmantraṇa (मङ्गल/आमन्त्रण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: oṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: Sacred syllable (प्रणव), indeclinable

• खखोल्काय: to Khakholka (an epithet)
• खखोल्काय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khakholka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; epithet/name (पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-नाम)

• शान्ताय: to the peaceful one
• शान्ताय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular; qualifying the deity addressed

• कारण-त्रय-हेतवे: to the cause of the threefold causes
• कारण-त्रय-हेतवे: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa + traya + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular; ‘to the cause of the three causes’ / ‘to the cause of the triad of causes’ (समास-श्रृंखला; तत्पुरुष)

• निवेदयामि: I offer
• निवेदयामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vid (विद्) (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada, 1st Person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular; ‘I offer/dedicate’

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• आत्मानम्: myself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; reflexive ‘self’

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Avyaya (निपातवत्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Fixed indeclinable usage (नमः + dative), ‘salutation’

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative (4th), Singular; enclitic form ‘to you’

• ज्ञान-रूपिणे: to the one of the form of knowledge
• ज्ञान-रूपिणे: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jñāna + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular; ‘to the one whose form is knowledge’ (तत्पुरुष: ज्ञानं रूपं यस्य)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Avyaya (निपातवत्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Fixed indeclinable usage (नमः + dative)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative, Singular

• घृणिने: to the radiant one
• घृणिने: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghṛṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular; ‘to the radiant/compassionate one’ (lexically ‘possessing ghṛṇā/brightness’)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative, Singular; emphatic ‘to you’

• सूर्याय: to the Sun
• सूर्याय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ब्रह्म-रूपिणे: to the one of Brahman-form
• ब्रह्म-रूपिणे: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahman + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular; ‘to the one whose form is Brahman’ (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

A devotee/narrative voice offering Sūrya-stuti within the Kurma Purana’s teaching context (Ishvara-oriented surrender).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Surya
• Brahman

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

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

It frames the Supreme as jñāna-svarūpa (knowledge itself) and brahma-rūpa (Brahman in essence), and the practitioner responds by offering the entire ātman (self) in surrender—linking realization with devotion.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes ātma-nivedana (self-surrender) and contemplative identification of the deity with Brahman—core supports for dhyāna and īśvara-bhakti that align with Kurma Purana’s Yoga-oriented spirituality.

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

By presenting the chosen deity (here Sūrya/Iśvara) as Brahman and as the ultimate causal principle, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian synthesis where divine forms are understood as expressions of one supreme reality rather than competing absolutes.