Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 39
KuP 1 39.1
सूत उवाच अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि संक्षेपेण द्विजोत्तमाः । त्रैलोक्यस्यास्य मानं वो न शक्यं विस्तरेण तु
sūta uvāca ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃkṣepeṇa dvijottamāḥ / trailokyasyāsya mānaṃ vo na śakyaṃ vistareṇa tu
Sūta said: Next I shall declare in brief, O best of the twice-born, the measure of this triple world for you; at length, however, it is not possible.
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KuP 1 39.2
भूर्लोको ऽथ भुवर्लोकः स्वर्लोको ऽथ महस्ततः । जनस्तपश्च सत्यं च लोकास्त्वण्डोद्भवा मताः
bhūrloko 'tha bhuvarlokaḥ svarloko 'tha mahastataḥ / janastapaśca satyaṃ ca lokāstvaṇḍodbhavā matāḥ
The Bhūr world, then the Bhuvar world, the Svar world, then Mahas; then Jana, Tapas and Satya — these worlds are held to have arisen from the Egg.
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KuP 1 39.3
सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्यावत् किरणैरवभासते । तावद् भूर्लोक आख्यातः पुराणे द्विजपुङ्गवाः
sūryācandramasoryāvat kiraṇairavabhāsate / tāvad bhūrloka ākhyātaḥ purāṇe dvijapuṅgavāḥ
As far as (the region) is illumined by the rays of the sun and moon, so far is the Bhūr world declared (to extend) in the Purāṇa, O bulls among the twice-born.
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KuP 1 39.4
यावत्प्रमाणो भूर्लोको विस्तरात् परिमण्डलात् । भुवर्लोको ऽपि तावान्स्यान्मण्डलाद् भास्करस्य तु
yāvatpramāṇo bhūrloko vistarāt parimaṇḍalāt / bhuvarloko 'pi tāvānsyānmaṇḍalād bhāskarasya tu
As great as is the extent of the Bhūr world in breadth, from its circumference, just so great is the Bhuvar world too, (measured) from the sun's disc.
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KuP 1 39.5
ऊर्ध्वंयन्मण्डलाद् व्योमध्रुवोयावद्व्यवस्थितः । स्वर्लोकः स समाख्यातस्तत्र वायोस्तु नेमयः
ūrdhvaṃyanmaṇḍalād vyomadhruvoyāvadvyavasthitaḥ / svarlokaḥ sa samākhyātastatra vāyostu nemayaḥ
Whatever sky stands above the (sun's) disc as far as the Pole Star — that is called the Svar world; there are the rims of the wind.
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KuP 1 39.6
आवहः प्रवहश्चैव तथैवानुवहः परः । संवहो विवहश्चाथ तदूर्ध्वं स्यात् परावहः
āvahaḥ pravahaścaiva tathaivānuvahaḥ paraḥ / saṃvaho vivahaścātha tadūrdhvaṃ syāt parāvahaḥ
Āvaha and Pravaha, and likewise Anuvaha next, then Saṃvaha and Vivaha, and above that would be Parāvaha.
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KuP 1 39.7
तथा परिवहश्चोर्ध्वं वायोर्वै सप्त नेमयः । भूमेर्योजनलक्षे तु भानोर्वै मण्डलं स्थितम्
tathā parivahaścordhvaṃ vāyorvai sapta nemayaḥ / bhūmeryojanalakṣe tu bhānorvai maṇḍalaṃ sthitam
And Parivaha above (them) — these indeed are the seven rims of the wind. At a hundred thousand yojanas from the earth stands the disc of the sun.
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KuP 1 39.8
लक्षे दिवाकरस्यापि मण्डलं शशिनः स्मृतम् । नक्षत्रमण्डलं कृत्स्नं तल्लक्षेण प्रकाशते
lakṣe divākarasyāpi maṇḍalaṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtam / nakṣatramaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ tallakṣeṇa prakāśate
At a hundred thousand (yojanas) from the sun too the moon's disc is said (to be); at a hundred thousand from that the whole constellation-circle shines.
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KuP 1 39.9
द्वेलक्षे ह्युत्तरे विप्रा बुधो नक्षत्रमण्डलात् । तावत्प्रमाणभागे तु बुधस्याप्युशनाः स्थितः
dvelakṣe hyuttare viprā budho nakṣatramaṇḍalāt / tāvatpramāṇabhāge tu budhasyāpyuśanāḥ sthitaḥ
Two hundred thousand above the constellation-circle, O brahmins, is Mercury; and at a distance of that same measure from Mercury stands Venus (Uśanas).
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KuP 1 39.10
अङ्गारको ऽपि शुक्रस्य तत्प्रमाणो व्यवस्थितः । लक्षद्वयेन भौमस्य स्थितो देवपुरोहितः
aṅgārako 'pi śukrasya tatpramāṇo vyavasthitaḥ / lakṣadvayena bhaumasya sthito devapurohitaḥ
Mars too is placed at that same measure from Venus; and two hundred thousand from Mars stands the preceptor of the gods (Jupiter).
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KuP 1 39.11
सौरिर्द्विलक्षेण गुरोर् ग्रहाणामथ मण्डलम् । सप्तर्षिमण्डलं तस्माल्लक्षमात्रे प्रिकाशते
saurirdvilakṣeṇa guror grahāṇāmatha maṇḍalam / saptarṣimaṇḍalaṃ tasmāllakṣamātre prikāśate
Saturn (is) two hundred thousand from Jupiter; then (above) the circle of the planets, at a mere hundred thousand from that, shines the circle of the seven sages.
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KuP 1 39.12
ऋषीणां मण्डलादूर्ध्वं लक्षमात्रे स्थितो ध्रुवः । मेढीभूतः समस्तस्य ज्योतिश्चक्रस्य वै ध्रुवः । तत्र धर्मः स भगवान् विष्णुर्नारायणः स्थितः
ṛṣīṇāṃ maṇḍalādūrdhvaṃ lakṣamātre sthito dhruvaḥ / meḍhībhūtaḥ samastasya jyotiścakrasya vai dhruvaḥ / tatra dharmaḥ sa bhagavān viṣṇurnārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ
A mere hundred thousand above the circle of the sages stands the Pole Star; the Pole Star is the pivot of the entire wheel of lights; there dwells that Lord dharma, Viṣṇu Nārāyaṇa.
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KuP 1 39.13
नवयोजनसाहस्त्रो विष्कम्भः सवितुः स्मृतः । त्रिगुणस्तस्य विस्तारो मण्डलस्य प्रमाणतः
navayojanasāhastro viṣkambhaḥ savituḥ smṛtaḥ / triguṇastasya vistāro maṇḍalasya pramāṇataḥ
The diameter of the sun is said to be nine thousand yojanas; three times that is the extent of its disc by measure.
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KuP 1 39.14
द्विगुणस्तस्य विस्ताराद् विस्तारः शशिनः स्मृतः । तुल्यस्तयोस्तु स्वर्भानुर्भूत्वाधस्तात् प्रसर्पति
dviguṇastasya vistārād vistāraḥ śaśinaḥ smṛtaḥ / tulyastayostu svarbhānurbhūtvādhastāt prasarpati
The extent of the moon is said to be twice that extent; and Svarbhānu (the eclipse-demon), being equal to those two, creeps along below.
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KuP 1 39.15
अद्धृत्य पृथिवीच्छायां निर्मितो मण्डलाकृतिः । स्वर्भानोस्तु वृहत् स्थानं तृतीयं यत् तमोमयम्
addhṛtya pṛthivīcchāyāṃ nirmito maṇḍalākṛtiḥ / svarbhānostu vṛhat sthānaṃ tṛtīyaṃ yat tamomayam
Formed by taking up the earth's shadow, disc-shaped (is he); and Svarbhānu's great station is the third, which is made of darkness.
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KuP 1 39.16
चन्द्रस्य षोडशो भागो भार्गवस्य विधीयते । भार्गवात् पादहीनस्तु विज्ञेयो वै बृहस्पतिः
candrasya ṣoḍaśo bhāgo bhārgavasya vidhīyate / bhārgavāt pādahīnastu vijñeyo vai bṛhaspatiḥ
A sixteenth part of the moon is laid down (as the size) of Bhārgava (Venus); and Bṛhaspati (Jupiter) is to be known as a quarter less than Bhārgava.
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KuP 1 39.17
बृहस्पतेः पादहीनौ वक्रसौरावुभौ स्मृतौ । विस्तारान्मण्डलाच्चैव पादहीनस्तयोर्बुधः
bṛhaspateḥ pādahīnau vakrasaurāvubhau smṛtau / vistārānmaṇḍalāccaiva pādahīnastayorbudhaḥ
Mars and Saturn are both held to be a quarter less than Bṛhaspati; and in extent and in disc Mercury is a quarter less than those two.
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KuP 1 39.18
तारानक्षत्ररूपाणि वपुष्मन्तीह यानि वै । बुधेन तानि तुल्यानि विस्तारान्मण्डलात् तथा
tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi vapuṣmantīha yāni vai / budhena tāni tulyāni vistārānmaṇḍalāt tathā
Those forms of stars and lunar mansions here that possess a body — they are equal to Mercury in extent and likewise in disc.
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KuP 1 39.19
तारानक्षत्ररूपाणि हीनानि तु परस्परात् । शतानि पञ्च चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैव योजने
tārānakṣatrarūpāṇi hīnāni tu parasparāt / śatāni pañca catvāri trīṇi dve caiva yojane
But the forms of the stars and lunar mansions are less than one another by five hundred, four hundred, three hundred, and two hundred yojanas.
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KuP 1 39.20
सर्वावरनिकृष्टानि तारकामण्डलानि तु । योजनान्यर्धमात्राणि तेभ्यो ह्रस्वं न विद्यते
sarvāvaranikṛṣṭāni tārakāmaṇḍalāni tu / yojanānyardhamātrāṇi tebhyo hrasvaṃ na vidyate
The star-discs that are the lowest of all are of the measure of half a yojana; smaller than those none is found.
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KuP 1 39.21
उपरिष्टात् त्रयस्तेषां ग्रहा ये दूरसर्पिणः । सौरो ऽङ्गिराश्च वक्रश्च ज्ञेया मन्दविचारिणः
upariṣṭāt trayasteṣāṃ grahā ye dūrasarpiṇaḥ / sauro 'ṅgirāśca vakraśca jñeyā mandavicāriṇaḥ
Above them are three planets which move far off: Saturn, Aṅgiras (Jupiter) and Mars — they are to be known as slow-moving.
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KuP 1 39.22
तेभ्यो ऽधस्ताच्च चत्वारः पुनरन्ये महाग्रहाः । सूर्यः सौमो बुधश्चैव भार्गवश्चैव शीघ्रगाः
tebhyo 'dhastācca catvāraḥ punaranye mahāgrahāḥ / sūryaḥ saumo budhaścaiva bhārgavaścaiva śīghragāḥ
And below them are again four other great planets: the Sun, the Moon, Mercury and Venus — these move swiftly.
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KuP 1 39.23
दक्षिणायनमार्गस्थो यदा चरति रश्मिमान् । तदा सर्वग्रहाणां स सूर्यो ऽधस्तात् प्रसर्पति
dakṣiṇāyanamārgastho yadā carati raśmimān / tadā sarvagrahāṇāṃ sa sūryo 'dhastāt prasarpati
When the radiant one travels set on the path of the southern course, then that Sun creeps along below all the planets.
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KuP 1 39.24
विस्तीर्णं मण्डलं कृत्वा तस्योर्ध्वं चरते शशी । नक्षत्रमण्डलं कृत्स्नं सोमादूर्ध्वं प्रसर्पति
vistīrṇaṃ maṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā tasyordhvaṃ carate śaśī / nakṣatramaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ somādūrdhvaṃ prasarpati
Making a wide circle, the moon moves above it; the whole circle of the lunar mansions creeps along above the moon.
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KuP 1 39.25
नक्षत्रेभ्यो बुधश्चोर्ध्वं बुधादूर्ध्वं तु भार्गवः । वक्रस्तु भार्गवादूर्ध्वं वक्रादूर्ध्वं बृहस्पतिः
nakṣatrebhyo budhaścordhvaṃ budhādūrdhvaṃ tu bhārgavaḥ / vakrastu bhārgavādūrdhvaṃ vakrādūrdhvaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ
Above the lunar mansions is Mercury, and above Mercury Venus; Mars is above Venus, and above Mars Bṛhaspati.
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KuP 1 39.26
तस्माच्छनैश्चरो ऽपुयूर्ध्वं तस्मात् सप्तर्षिमण्डलम् । ऋषीणां चैव सप्तानान्ध्रु वश्चोर्ध्वं व्यवस्थितः
tasmācchanaiścaro 'puyūrdhvaṃ tasmāt saptarṣimaṇḍalam / ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva saptānāndhru vaścordhvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ
Above him is Saturn, above him the circle of the seven sages; and above the seven sages Dhruva is stationed.
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KuP 1 39.27
योजनानां सहस्त्राणि भास्करस्य रथो नव । ईषादण्डस्तथैव स्याद् द्विगुणो द्विजसत्तमाः
yojanānāṃ sahastrāṇi bhāskarasya ratho nava / īṣādaṇḍastathaiva syād dviguṇo dvijasattamāḥ
The chariot of the sun is nine thousand yojanas; and the pole-shaft, O best of twice-born, is twice as much.
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KuP 1 39.28
सार्धकोटिस्तथा सप्त नियुतान्यधिकानि तु । योजनानां तु तस्याक्षस्तत्र चक्रं प्रतिष्ठितम्
sārdhakoṭistathā sapta niyutānyadhikāni tu / yojanānāṃ tu tasyākṣastatra cakraṃ pratiṣṭhitam
A crore and a half and seven niyutas more of yojanas is its axle, upon which the wheel is set.
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KuP 1 39.29
त्रिनाभिमति पञ्चारे षष्णेमिन्यक्षयात्मके । संवत्सरमेय कृत्स्नं कालचक्रं प्रतिष्ठितम्
trinābhimati pañcāre ṣaṣṇeminyakṣayātmake / saṃvatsarameya kṛtsnaṃ kālacakraṃ pratiṣṭhitam
Upon (that wheel), which has three naves, five spokes and six rims and is imperishable in nature, the whole wheel of time, measured by the year, is established.
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KuP 1 39.30
चत्कारिंशत् सहस्त्राणि द्वितीयो ऽक्षो विवस्वतः । पञ्चान्यानि तु सार्धानि स्यन्दनस्य द्विजोत्तमाः
catkāriṃśat sahastrāṇi dvitīyo 'kṣo vivasvataḥ / pañcānyāni tu sārdhāni syandanasya dvijottamāḥ
Forty thousand, and another five thousand five hundred, is the second axle of Vivasvat's car, O best of the twice-born.
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KuP 1 39.31
अक्षप्रमाणमुभयोः प्रमाणं तद्युगार्धयोः । ह्रस्वो ऽक्षस्तद्युगार्धेन ध्रुवाधारे रथस्य तु
akṣapramāṇamubhayoḥ pramāṇaṃ tadyugārdhayoḥ / hrasvo 'kṣastadyugārdhena dhruvādhāre rathasya tu
The measure of the axles of both is the measure of their two half-yokes; but the shorter axle, with its half-yoke, (rests) on Dhruva as the support of the chariot.
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KuP 1 39.32
द्वितीये ऽक्षे तु तच्चक्रं संस्थितं मानसाचले । हयाश्च सप्त छन्दांसि तन्नामानि निबोधत
dvitīye 'kṣe tu taccakraṃ saṃsthitaṃ mānasācale / hayāśca sapta chandāṃsi tannāmāni nibodhata
But on the second axle that wheel is fixed on the Mānasa mountain; and the horses are the seven metres — learn their names.
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KuP 1 39.33
गायत्री च बृहत्युष्णिक् जगती पङ्क्तिरेव च । अनष्टुप् त्रिष्टुबित्युक्ताश्छन्दांसि हरयो हरेः
gāyatrī ca bṛhatyuṣṇik jagatī paṅktireva ca / anaṣṭup triṣṭubityuktāśchandāṃsi harayo hareḥ
Gāyatrī, Bṛhatī, Uṣṇik, Jagatī, and Paṅkti, Anuṣṭubh and Triṣṭubh — these metres are said to be the horses of Hari (the sun).
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KuP 1 39.34
मानसोपरि माहेन्द्री प्राच्यां दिशि महापुरी । दक्षिणे न यमस्याथ वरुणस्य तु पश्चिमे
mānasopari māhendrī prācyāṃ diśi mahāpurī / dakṣiṇe na yamasyātha varuṇasya tu paścime
Above Mānasa, in the eastern quarter, is Indra's great city; in the south Yama's, and in the west Varuṇa's.
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KuP 1 39.35
उत्तरेण तु सोमस्य तन्नामानि निबोधत । अमरावती संयमनी सुखा चैव विभा क्रमात्
uttareṇa tu somasya tannāmāni nibodhata / amarāvatī saṃyamanī sukhā caiva vibhā kramāt
And in the north is Soma's — learn their names: Amarāvatī, Saṃyamanī, Sukhā and Vibhā, in order.
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KuP 1 39.36
काष्ठां गतो दक्षिणतः क्षिप्तेषुरिव सर्पति । ज्योतिषां चक्रमादाय देवदेवः प्रजापतिः
kāṣṭhāṃ gato dakṣiṇataḥ kṣipteṣuriva sarpati / jyotiṣāṃ cakramādāya devadevaḥ prajāpatiḥ
Having reached the southern quarter he glides on like an arrow that has been shot — the god of gods, Prajāpati, taking with him the wheel of the luminaries.
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KuP 1 39.37
दिवसस्य रविर्मध्ये सर्वकालं व्यवस्थितः । सप्तद्वीपेषु विप्रेन्द्रा निशामध्यस्य संमुखम्
divasasya ravirmadhye sarvakālaṃ vyavasthitaḥ / saptadvīpeṣu viprendrā niśāmadhyasya saṃmukham
The sun stands at all times in the midst of day (somewhere) among the seven continents, O chief of brahmins, and (at the same time) facing the middle of the night (elsewhere).
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KuP 1 39.38
उदयास्तमने चैव सर्वकालं तु संमुखे । अशेषासु दिशास्वेव तथैव विदिशासु च
udayāstamane caiva sarvakālaṃ tu saṃmukhe / aśeṣāsu diśāsveva tathaiva vidiśāsu ca
And likewise at all times he is facing (regions where it is) sunrise and sunset, in all the directions and in the intermediate directions as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 39.39
कुलालचक्रपर्यन्तो भ्रमन्नेष यथेश्वरः । करोत्यहस्तथा रात्रिं विमुञ्चन् मेदिनीं द्विजाः
kulālacakraparyanto bhramanneṣa yatheśvaraḥ / karotyahastathā rātriṃ vimuñcan medinīṃ dvijāḥ
Revolving like the rim of a potter's wheel, this lord makes day, and, releasing the earth, makes night, O twice-born ones.
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KuP 1 39.40
दिवाकरकरैरेतत् पूरितं भुवनत्रयम् । त्रैलोक्यं कथितं सद्भिर्लोकानां मुनिपुङ्गवाः
divākarakarairetat pūritaṃ bhuvanatrayam / trailokyaṃ kathitaṃ sadbhirlokānāṃ munipuṅgavāḥ
This threefold world is filled with the rays of the day-maker; the triple world of the worlds has been so declared by the good, O bulls among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 39.41
आदित्यमूलमखिलं त्रिलोकं नात्र संशयः । भवत्यस्मात् जगत् कृत्स्नं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
ādityamūlamakhilaṃ trilokaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ / bhavatyasmāt jagat kṛtsnaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
The entire triple world has the sun for its root — there is no doubt of this; from him arises the whole universe together with gods, asuras and men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 39.42
रुद्रेन्द्रोपेन्द्रचन्द्राणां विप्रेन्द्राणां दिवौकसाम् । द्युतिर्द्युतिमतां कृत्स्नं यत्तेजः सार्वलौकिकम्
rudrendropendracandrāṇāṃ viprendrāṇāṃ divaukasām / dyutirdyutimatāṃ kṛtsnaṃ yattejaḥ sārvalaukikam
The radiance of Rudra, Indra, Upendra and the moon, of the chief brahmins, of the dwellers in heaven, of (all) the lustrous ones — the whole light that belongs to all the worlds (is his).
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KuP 1 39.43
सर्वात्मा सर्वलोकेशो महादेवः प्रजापतिः । सूर्य एव त्रिलोकस्य मूलं परमदैवतम्
sarvātmā sarvalokeśo mahādevaḥ prajāpatiḥ / sūrya eva trilokasya mūlaṃ paramadaivatam
The self of all, lord of all worlds, Mahādeva, Prajāpati — the sun alone is the root of the triple world, the supreme deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 39.44
द्वादशान्ये तथादित्या देवास्ते ये ऽधिकारिणः । निर्वहन्ति पदं तस्य तदंशा विष्णुमूर्तयः
dvādaśānye tathādityā devāste ye 'dhikāriṇaḥ / nirvahanti padaṃ tasya tadaṃśā viṣṇumūrtayaḥ
And the twelve other Ādityas, those gods who hold office, discharge his function, being his portions and forms of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 39.45
सर्वे नमस्यन्ति सहस्त्रभानुं गन्धर्वदेवोरगकिन्वन्नराद्याः । यजन्ति यज्ञैर्विविधैर्द्विजेन्द्रा- श्छन्दोमयं ब्रह्ममयं पुराणम्
sarve namasyanti sahastrabhānuṃ gandharvadevoragakinvannarādyāḥ / yajanti yajñairvividhairdvijendrā- śchandomayaṃ brahmamayaṃ purāṇam
All bow to the thousand-rayed one — gandharvas, gods, serpents, kinnaras, men and the rest; and the chief of the twice-born worship with manifold sacrifices him who consists of metres, who consists of brahman, the ancient one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition