Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 17
Dakṣa’s Progeny, Nṛsiṃha–Varāha Avatāras, and Andhaka’s Defeat
Hari–Hara–Śakti Synthesis
तुषिता नाम ते पूर्वं चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः / वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे प्रोक्ता आदित्याश्चादितेः सुताः
tuṣitā nāma te pūrvaṃ cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ / vaivasvate 'ntare proktā ādityāścāditeḥ sutāḥ
Formerly, in the Manvantara of Cākṣuṣa Manu, those deities were known as the Tuṣitas. In the present Manvantara of Vaivasvata Manu, they are declared to be the Ādityas—the sons of Aditi.
Sūta (narrator) recounting Purāṇic genealogy within the Kurma Purana’s Manvantara framework
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It does so indirectly: by mapping changing divine names across Manvantaras, the verse highlights the Purāṇic view that forms and designations vary with cosmic cycles, while the underlying order (dharma upheld by the Supreme) remains continuous.
No specific āsana, prāṇāyāma, or Pāśupata practice is taught in this verse; it supplies cosmological context (Manvantara structure) that later frames Kurma Purana teachings on devotion, discipline, and Pāśupata-oriented sādhanā.
By itself it is genealogical rather than sectarian, but within the Kurma Purana’s synthesis it supports a unified cosmic administration where different divine classes function within the same dharmic order upheld by the Supreme—reconciling Shaiva and Vaishnava perspectives through shared cosmology.