Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 4
Lineage of Vyāsas, Division of the Veda, and Vāsudeva/Īśāna as the Veda-Known Supreme
सप्तमे च तथैवेन्द्रो वसिष्ठश्चाष्टमे मतः / सारस्वतश्च नवमे त्रिधामा दशमे स्मृतः
saptame ca tathaivendro vasiṣṭhaścāṣṭame mataḥ / sārasvataśca navame tridhāmā daśame smṛtaḥ
In the seventh, Indra is likewise (so named). In the eighth, Vasiṣṭha is regarded (as Indra). In the ninth, (the Indra) is Sārasvata; and in the tenth, he is remembered as Tridhāman.
Sūta (traditional narrator) recounting Purāṇic chronology to the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: by presenting the revolving offices of cosmic governance (like Indra), it implies that all such roles are impermanent within time, while the Supreme Self is the stable reality beyond these changing Manvantara administrations.
No specific practice is prescribed in this verse; its contribution is contextual—mapping cosmic cycles that later support Kurma Purana teachings on disciplined dharma and yoga by placing spiritual practice within a vast, ordered cosmology.
Not explicitly; however, the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis frames these Manvantara successions as functions within one divine order, ultimately governed by the Supreme Lord beyond sectarian division.