Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3
Dakṣa’s Progeny, Nṛsiṃha–Varāha Avatāras, and Andhaka’s Defeat
Hari–Hara–Śakti Synthesis
असिक्न्यां जनयामास वीरणस्य प्रजापतेः / सुतायां धर्मयुक्तायां पुत्राणां तु सहस्त्रकम्
asiknyāṃ janayāmāsa vīraṇasya prajāpateḥ / sutāyāṃ dharmayuktāyāṃ putrāṇāṃ tu sahastrakam
En Asiknī—la fille vertueuse du Prajāpati Vīraṇa—(Dakṣa) engendra mille fils.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator continuing the sarga/vamśa account, traditionally Sūta speaking to sages)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily genealogical (sarga/vamśa) rather than metaphysical; it frames creation as an ordered unfolding through dharma-guided progenitors, a common Purāṇic way of situating later teachings on the Self within a structured cosmos.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this verse; its emphasis is on dharma and progeny, providing the cosmological backdrop against which the Kurma Purana later presents disciplines like Pāśupata-oriented devotion and yogic restraint.
This verse does not directly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; indirectly, it participates in the Purāṇic synthesis by portraying creation as dharma-aligned and divinely ordered—an outlook compatible with the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaishnava harmonization.