Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 14
Dakṣa’s Progeny, Nṛsiṃha–Varāha Avatāras, and Andhaka’s Defeat
Hari–Hara–Śakti Synthesis
कुमारो ह्यनलस्यासीत् सेनापतिरिति स्मृतः / देवलो भगवान् योगी प्रत्यूषस्याभवत् सुतः / विश्वकर्मा प्रभासस्य शिल्पकर्ता प्रजापतिः
kumāro hyanalasyāsīt senāpatiriti smṛtaḥ / devalo bhagavān yogī pratyūṣasyābhavat sutaḥ / viśvakarmā prabhāsasya śilpakartā prajāpatiḥ
Kumāra fut, en vérité, le fils d’Anala et l’on se souvient de lui comme du senāpati, chef des armées célestes. Devala, le vénérable yogin, naquit fils de Pratyūṣa. Et Viśvakarmā—fils de Prabhāsa—fut le Prajāpati, l’artisan divin qui façonne les formes sacrées et les œuvres saintes.
Sūta (narrating Purāṇic genealogy to the assembled sages)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
This verse is primarily genealogical, mapping divine functions (war-leadership, yoga-sainthood, sacred craftsmanship) to specific progenitors; it implies an ordered cosmos where roles manifest through divinely sanctioned lineages rather than giving a direct Ātman doctrine.
No practice is taught directly, but Devala is explicitly called a yogī, signaling the Purāṇic ideal that realized sages arise within cosmic lineages and that yoga is a recognized, authoritative path within the Kurma Purana’s broader dharma-and-yoga framework.
Indirectly: by presenting Kumāra (often associated with Śaiva traditions) and other divine figures within a shared Purāṇic cosmology, it supports the Kurma Purana’s integrative stance where sectarian deities and their functions coexist within one sacred order.