Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 18
रसेन तस्याः प्रख्याता तत्र जम्बूनदीति वै / सरित् प्रवर्तते चापि पीयते तत्र वासिभिः
rasena tasyāḥ prakhyātā tatra jambūnadīti vai / sarit pravartate cāpi pīyate tatra vāsibhiḥ
Par la sève (l’essence) de cet arbre Jambū, y est renommée la rivière appelée Jambūnadī. Un courant en jaillit, et les habitants de cette contrée en boivent l’eau.
Sūta (narrating Purāṇic cosmography to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily cosmographical, describing Jambūdvīpa’s river Jambūnadī; it does not directly teach ātma-tattva, but it supports the Purāṇic view that the world-order (loka-vyavasthā) is sustained by divine, life-giving sources.
No specific yoga practice is stated in this verse; its relevance is indirect—Purāṇic sacred geography frames tīrtha and purity, which in the wider Kurma Purana supports disciplines like śauca (purity) and pilgrimage as auxiliaries to sādhana.
This verse does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; however, within the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such cosmography is presented as a single sacred order upheld by the one supreme reality revered through both traditions.