Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 109
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
भुवनानां स्वरूपं च ज्योतिषां च निवेशनम् / कीर्त्यन्ते चैव वर्षाणि नदीनां चैव निर्णयः
bhuvanānāṃ svarūpaṃ ca jyotiṣāṃ ca niveśanam / kīrtyante caiva varṣāṇi nadīnāṃ caiva nirṇayaḥ
经中描述诸世界的真实形相与天界光曜（星辰诸体）的安住之处；亦列举诸洲域（varṣa），并阐明诸河流的分类与判定。
Sūta (narrator) relaying the Purāṇic account in the Kurma Purana’s cosmography section (as a framed discourse to the sages).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily cosmographic, outlining the ordered description of worlds and celestial stations; indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic idea that the cosmos is an intelligible, dharma-governed order—within which realization of the Self is pursued.
No direct yogic technique is taught in this verse; its focus is on mapping the universe (bhuvana, jyotiṣ, varṣa, nadī). In the Kurma Purana’s broader teaching, such ordered cosmology supports dharmic orientation for pilgrimage, ritual, and contemplative reverence toward Īśvara.
The verse does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it functions as a structural marker for the cosmological narration. In Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such cosmic order is ultimately grounded in the one Īśvara revered through both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava idioms.