Shloka 20
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
शूरश्च शूरसेनश्च धृष्णः कृष्णस्तथैव च / जयध्वजश्च बलवान् नारायणपरो नृपः
śūraśca śūrasenaśca dhṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇastathaiva ca / jayadhvajaśca balavān nārāyaṇaparo nṛpaḥ
كان هناك ملوكٌ يُدعون شُورا وشُوراسينا، وكذلك دْهْرِشْنَ وكْرِشْنَ؛ وكان جَيَذْفَجَة أيضًا—شديدَ القوة—ملكًا مُخلِصًا لنارايانا.
Sūta (narrator) recounting traditional Purāṇic genealogy to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: by praising a king as “Nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa” (devoted to Nārāyaṇa), the verse implies that the highest orientation of life is toward the Supreme Lord, who is treated in the Purāṇic framework as the supreme ground of selfhood and refuge.
No specific āsana or meditation technique is taught in this verse; instead it highlights bhakti-yoga in seed form—steadfast devotion (paratva) to Nārāyaṇa—presented as a royal virtue harmonized with dharma.
The verse is explicitly Vaiṣṇava in diction (devotion to Nārāyaṇa), yet within the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis it supports the idea that devotion to the Supreme—named here as Nārāyaṇa—remains compatible with the text’s wider teaching of one ultimate reality approached through multiple divine forms.