Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 24
Incarnations of Mahādeva in Kali-yuga (Vaivasvata Manvantara) and the Nakulīśa Horizon
उशिजो बृहदुक्थश्च देवलः कपिरेव च / शालिहोत्रो ऽग्निवेश्यश्च युवनाश्वः शरद्वसुः
uśijo bṛhadukthaśca devalaḥ kapireva ca / śālihotro 'gniveśyaśca yuvanāśvaḥ śaradvasuḥ
أوشيجا، وبْرِهَدُكثا، وديفَلا، وكَپي؛ وكذلك شالِيهوترا وأغنِيفيشيا؛ وأيضًا يوفاناشفا وشارَدڤاسو—هؤلاء هم الرِّشيّون المُعَدَّدون في قائمة السلالة هذه.
Sūta (narrator) recounting Purāṇic lineage traditions to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is a nominative catalogue of ṛṣis rather than a doctrinal passage; it supports the Purāṇic transmission of dharma through realized seers, but it does not directly define Ātman.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this verse; it functions as a lineage index. In the broader Kurma Purana, such catalogues contextualize later teachings (including Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis and Pāśupata-oriented discipline), but this line itself is enumerative.
It does not explicitly discuss Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it lists sages within a traditional dharma genealogy that undergirds the Purāṇa’s later integrative theology.