Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 56
Genealogies of Yadus and Vṛṣṇis; Navaratha’s Refuge to Sarasvatī; Rise of Sāttvata Tradition; Prelude to Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Incarnation
ततस्तं जननी पुत्रं बाल्ये वयसि शोभनम् / शिक्षयामास विधिवद् गानविद्यां च कन्यकाम्
tatastaṃ jananī putraṃ bālye vayasi śobhanam / śikṣayāmāsa vidhivad gānavidyāṃ ca kanyakām
Puis la mère, selon la juste tradition, forma son beau fils dès l’enfance ; et elle instruisit aussi, comme il se doit, la jeune fille dans la science de la musique.
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta-style narration in the Kurma Purana’s frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is primarily narrative and ethical rather than metaphysical: it emphasizes disciplined formation (vidhivat-śikṣā) as a foundation for later dharmic and spiritual realization, which in the Kurma Purana culminates in higher teachings on Self-knowledge elsewhere.
No explicit yogic technique is taught in this line; instead it highlights preparatory discipline—proper training and refinement (saṃskāra, śikṣā)—which functions as an indirect support for later Yoga-shāstra practices described in the Kurma Purana, including Pāśupata-oriented restraint and right conduct.
It does not directly address Shiva–Vishnu unity; the verse contributes to the Purana’s broader dharmic framework—orderly education and conduct—within which the text later presents its Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis in more explicitly theological sections.