[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Medieval Tamil literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil) › [Narrative poems and Tamil purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam) › [Kurmapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana) › 4.p6 # Kurmapurana 4.p6 Kūrmapurāṇa 4.p6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana.4.p6) jyotiścāpi vikurvvāṇaṃ rasamātraṃ sasarja ha | sambhavanti tato'mbhāṃsi rasādhārāṇi tāni ca || āpaścāpi vikurvvāṇā gandhamātraṃ sasarjire |† saṅghāto jāyate tasmāttasya gandho guṇo mataḥ‡ || ākāśaṃ śabdamātraṃ tu sparśamātraṃ samāvṛṇot | dviguṇastu tato vāyuḥ śabdasparśātmako'bhavat || rūpaṃ tathaivāviśataḥ śabdasparśau guṇāvubhau | triguṇaḥ syāttato vahniḥ sa śabdasparśarūpavān || śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpañca rasamātraṃ samāviśat | tasmāccaturguṇā āpo§ vijñeyāstu rasātmakāḥ || śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpañca raso gandhaṃ samāviśat | tasmātpañcaguṇā bhūmiḥ sthūlā bhūteṣu śasyate|| || śāntā ghorāśca mūr̤hāśca viśeṣāstena te smṛtāḥ | parasparānupraveśāddhārayanti parasparam || ete sapta mahātmāno hyanyonyasya samāśrayāt | nāśaknuvan prajāḥ sraṣṭumasamāgamya kṛtsnaśaḥ - [Previous: 4.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana.4.p5) - [Next: 4.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana.4.p7) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana.4) ## Linked texts (6) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.1.97) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.4.59) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.70.44) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.41) — Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.4.30) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.79.44) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana.4.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.kurmapurana.4.p6) · Pramāṇa