Shloka 3
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
आयुषस्तनया वीराः पञ्चैवासन् महौजसः / स्वर्भानुतनयायां वै प्रभायामिति नः श्रुतम्
āyuṣastanayā vīrāḥ pañcaivāsan mahaujasaḥ / svarbhānutanayāyāṃ vai prabhāyāmiti naḥ śrutam
Hemos oído que Āyuṣa tuvo cinco hijos heroicos, todos de gran vigor, nacidos de Prabhā, la hija de Svarbhānu.
Sūta (narrator) relating Purāṇic genealogy to the sages
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is genealogical and does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine; it preserves lineage memory (śruti-smṛti style “iti naḥ śrutam”), which the Purāṇa uses to ground later dharma and yoga teachings in a continuous sacred history.
No specific yoga practice is described in this śloka. Its function is narrative: establishing dynastic context that, elsewhere in the Kūrma Purāṇa, frames dharma, tīrtha, and later Upari-bhāga teachings such as Pāśupata-oriented discipline and the Īśvara-gītā.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu. Indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic method: genealogies support a unified sacred worldview in which later sections harmonize Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava teachings within one continuous tradition.