Shloka 112
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
वेदशाखाप्रणयनं व्यासानां कथनं ततः / अवेदस्य च वेदानां कथनं मुनिपुङ्गवाः
vedaśākhāpraṇayanaṃ vyāsānāṃ kathanaṃ tataḥ / avedasya ca vedānāṃ kathanaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ
O ihr erhabensten der Weisen, danach folgt der Bericht über die Abfassung und Ordnung der vedischen Śākhās, die Erzählung von der Linie der Vyāsas und auch die Darlegung sowohl dessen, was außerhalb der Veden liegt (a-veda), als auch dessen, was zu den Veden gehört.
Sūta (narrator) addressing the sages (Munis) in the Naimiṣāraṇya-style frame
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames the Purāṇic method—grounding spiritual truth in Vedic transmission (śākhās and Vyāsa lineages) while also discussing a-veda (auxiliary or non-Vedic domains), implying that liberating knowledge is approached through both revealed tradition and its explanatory literature.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it functions as a table-of-contents marker indicating a doctrinal section on Vedic structure and related teachings that later support dharma, jñāna, and Yoga discussions found elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
It does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu directly; however, by situating teachings within Vedic arrangement and Purāṇic exposition, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s broader strategy of harmonizing sectarian theologies through a shared Vedic framework.