Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 118
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
नैमित्तिकस्तु कथितः प्रतिसर्गस्ततः परम् / प्राकृतः प्रलयश्चोर्ध्वं सबीजो योग एव च
naimittikastu kathitaḥ pratisargastataḥ param / prākṛtaḥ pralayaścordhvaṃ sabījo yoga eva ca
如是已宣说随缘之再造（naimittika）；其后更上者为本原之大溶解（prākṛta），并复有“有种子”的瑜伽（sabīja）——仍保留所缘依止之禅定修持。
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing sages (Kurma Purana narrative frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By distinguishing cosmic processes (re-creation and dissolution) from sabīja-yoga, the verse implies that liberation concerns the yogic realization beyond changing prakṛti—pointing to the stable Self as distinct from cosmological transformations.
It highlights sabīja-yoga—meditation “with seed,” i.e., contemplation supported by an object such as a mantra, deity-form (Īśvara), or a subtle principle, used as a stabilizing basis for concentration and inner absorption.
While not naming them, it reflects the Purana’s synthesis by presenting yoga and cosmology in a theistic frame where the Supreme Lord (spoken here as Kurma/Vishnu) teaches a discipline compatible with Shaiva-Pashupata and Vaishnava contemplative vocabularies.