Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 10
Lineage of Vyāsas, Division of the Veda, and Vāsudeva/Īśāna as the Veda-Known Supreme
स एव सर्ववेदानां पुराणानां प्रदर्शकः / पाराशर्यो महायोगी कृष्णद्वैपायनो हरिः
sa eva sarvavedānāṃ purāṇānāṃ pradarśakaḥ / pārāśaryo mahāyogī kṛṣṇadvaipāyano hariḥ
He alone is the revealer and expounder of all the Vedas and the Purāṇas—Parāśara’s son, the great yogin, Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa), who is Hari himself.
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) praising Vyāsa within the Kurma Purana narrative frame
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By identifying Vyāsa with Hari, the verse implies that the revelatory power behind scripture is ultimately divine—suggesting a single supreme source that illumines sacred knowledge.
No specific technique is prescribed, but Vyāsa is called a mahāyogin, indicating that scriptural revelation is grounded in yogic realization (yoga as direct insight supporting śāstra).
Indirectly, it supports the Kurma Purana’s synthetic approach: the same supreme divinity (here named Hari) can be the inner source of multiple traditions and teachings, a basis for Shaiva–Vaishnava harmony.