Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 4
Jambūdvīpa Varṣas, Bhārata as Karmabhūmi, and the Sacred Hydro-Topography of Dharma
हिरण्मये हिरण्याभाः सर्वे च लकुचाशनाः / एकादशसहस्त्राणि शतानि दश पञ्च च / जीवन्ति पुरुषा नार्यो देवलोकस्थिता इव
hiraṇmaye hiraṇyābhāḥ sarve ca lakucāśanāḥ / ekādaśasahastrāṇi śatāni daśa pañca ca / jīvanti puruṣā nāryo devalokasthitā iva
Dans cette contrée d’or, tous les êtres rayonnent d’une lueur dorée et se nourrissent du fruit lakuca. Hommes et femmes vivent onze mille cent quinze ans, comme s’ils demeuraient au monde des dieux.
Suta (narrator) relaying the Purana’s account to the sages (Naimisharanya frame)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily cosmographical, describing a merit-born realm of refined existence; indirectly it implies that embodied experience varies by karma and loka, while Atman itself remains beyond such conditioned states.
No specific yogic technique is taught in this line; it functions as a results-oriented description (phala-śruti style) often used in the Kurma Purana to frame why dharma, vrata, and higher disciplines (including Pāśupata-oriented practice elsewhere) lead to elevated states of life and longevity.
It does not explicitly mention Shiva–Vishnu unity; it supports the Purana’s broader synthesis by presenting a theistic cosmology where higher realms arise from dharma and divine order—teachings later integrated with Shaiva-Vaishnava spiritual disciplines in the text.