Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
Lineage of Vyāsas, Division of the Veda, and Vāsudeva/Īśāna as the Veda-Known Supreme
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायां पूर्वविभागे एकोनपञ्चाशो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच अस्मिन् मन्वन्तरे पूर्वं वर्तमाने महान् विभुः / द्वापरे प्रथमे व्यासो मनुः स्वायंभुवो मतः
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge ekonapañcāśo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca asmin manvantare pūrvaṃ vartamāne mahān vibhuḥ / dvāpare prathame vyāso manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo mataḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Kūrma Purāṇa, in the six-thousand-verse Saṃhitā, in the Pūrva-bhāga, begins the forty-ninth chapter. Sūta said: “Formerly, in this present Manvantara, the great all-pervading Lord established the sacred succession; and in the first Dvāpara age, the Vyāsa is held to be Svāyambhuva Manu.”
Sūta
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by calling the divine principle “Vibhu” (all-pervading), it frames the Supreme as pervasive and governing cosmic time-cycles (Manvantara/Yuga), a common Purāṇic way of pointing to the all-encompassing reality underlying history.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it functions as a chronological and textual transition. Its relevance to Yoga is contextual: it situates later teachings (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline and the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology) within an authorized lineage of revelation and compilation.
Not explicitly. However, by emphasizing “Vibhu” as the overarching divine regulator of cosmic eras, it supports the Kurma Purana’s broader non-sectarian stance where supreme lordship can be expressed through both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava theological vocabularies.