Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 29
Madhu–Kaiṭabha, Nārāyaṇa’s Yoga-Nidrā, Rudra’s Manifestation, and the Aṣṭamūrti–Trimūrti Teaching
शनैश्चरस्तथा शुक्रो लोहिताङ्गो मनोजवः / स्कन्दः सर्गो ऽथ सन्तानो बुधश्चैषां सुताः स्मृताः
śanaiścarastathā śukro lohitāṅgo manojavaḥ / skandaḥ sargo 'tha santāno budhaścaiṣāṃ sutāḥ smṛtāḥ
শনৈশ্চর ও শুক্র, লোহিতাঙ্গ ও মনোজব; আর স্কন্দ, সর্গ, সন্তান ও বুধ—এঁরাই তাঁদের পুত্র বলে স্মৃত।
Sūta (traditional narrator) recounting Purāṇic genealogy to the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is genealogical rather than directly metaphysical; it supports the Purāṇic view that cosmic order (grahas, lineages, and time) operates within a divinely sustained dharma-framework, against which teachings on Ātman and Īśvara are later articulated.
No explicit Yoga practice is taught in this specific śloka; it provides cosmological lineage context that, in the Kurma Purāṇa, frames later disciplines (e.g., Pāśupata-oriented restraint, purity, and devotion) as aligned with an ordered universe.
The verse itself lists planetary/lineage names and does not state a Shiva–Vishnu doctrine directly; within the Kurma Purāṇa’s broader synthesis, such cosmological catalogues are presented as part of one sacred order upheld by the same supreme reality revered through both Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva idioms.