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Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 29

Īśvara-gītā: Antaryāmin, Kāla, and the Divine Ordinance Governing Creation, Preservation, and Pralaya

Devanagari script

यो ऽपि ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठो देवसेनापतिः प्रभुः / स्कन्दो ऽसौ वर्तते नित्यं स्वयंभूर्विधिचोदितः

Transliteration

yo 'pi brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho devasenāpatiḥ prabhuḥ / skando 'sau vartate nityaṃ svayaṃbhūrvidhicoditaḥ

Translation

Ngay cả Skanda ấy—bậc tối thượng trong hàng người chứng tri Brahman, Đấng Chủ tể hùng lực, Tổng chỉ huy các đạo binh chư thiên—vẫn an trụ vĩnh hằng, được Đấng Tự Sinh (Phạm Thiên) bổ nhiệm và thúc giục theo thánh chỉ.

Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात/समुच्चयार्थ-बलार्थ (particle: also/even)
ब्रह्मविदाम्of the knowers of Brahman
ब्रह्मविदाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; 'ब्रह्मविद्' = ब्रह्म जानाति इति (knower of Brahman)
श्रेष्ठःthe best
श्रेष्ठः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (superlative: best)
देवसेनापतिःlord of the divine army (commander)
देवसेनापतिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-सेना-पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां सेना = देवसेना; तस्याः पतिः)
प्रभुःlord/master
प्रभुः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
स्कन्दःSkanda
स्कन्दः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देवता-नाम
असौthat one/he
असौ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ सर्वनाम (demonstrative: that/he)
वर्ततेexists/continues/acts
वर्तते:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative/avyaya usage)
स्वयंभूःthe self-born (Brahmā)
स्वयंभूः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वयम्-भू (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वयम् एव भूः = self-born)
विधिचोदितःimpelled by ordinance/command
विधिचोदितः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootविधि-चोदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) √चुद्/चोद् (to impel) + क्त; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विधिना चोदितः = impelled by ordinance/command)
Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice, within the Kurma Purana’s descriptive discourse)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda
B
Brahmā (Svayambhū)
D
Devas (divine hosts)

FAQs

By calling Skanda “foremost among the knowers of Brahman,” the verse foregrounds Brahmavidyā: true authority and divine function are grounded in realization of Brahman/Ātman, not merely in power or rank.

No specific technique is named, but the emphasis on “brahmavidām” implies the Yogic end of knowledge (jñāna-yoga/ātma-vicāra): inner realization that supports right action (dharma) and stable, disciplined service within cosmic order.

Indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic synthesis: Skanda (a key Shaiva deity) is portrayed within a divinely regulated cosmic administration (vidhi) overseen by Brahmā, aligning sectarian forms with one ordered, overarching dharma rather than rivalry.

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