Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6
Svāyambhuva Lineage to Dakṣa; Pṛthu’s Devotion; Pāśupata Saṃnyāsa; Dakṣa–Satī Episode
रिपोराधत्त बृहती चक्षुषं सर्वतेजसम् / सो ऽजीजनत् पुष्करिण्यां वैरण्यां चाक्षुषं मनुम् / प्रजापतेरात्मजायां वीरणस्य महात्मनः
riporādhatta bṛhatī cakṣuṣaṃ sarvatejasam / so 'jījanat puṣkariṇyāṃ vairaṇyāṃ cākṣuṣaṃ manum / prajāpaterātmajāyāṃ vīraṇasya mahātmanaḥ
De Ripu, Bṛhatī enfanta Cākṣuṣa, doté d’une splendeur universelle. Puis il engendra Cākṣuṣa Manu de Puṣkariṇī, la noble Vairaṇyā, fille de Prajāpati, née du grand d’âme Vīraṇa.
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) recounting lineage to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is genealogical rather than metaphysical; it frames cosmic order (dharma) through the Manu lineage, within which later teachings on Ātman and liberation are situated in the Purāṇa.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this verse; it establishes the Manvantara framework that later supports dharma, vrata, and (in the Upari-bhāga) Pāśupata-oriented yogic instruction.
It does not directly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it contributes to the shared Purāṇic cosmology in which both traditions locate their teachings—later chapters articulate the synthesis more explicitly.