Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 39
Genealogies of Yadus and Vṛṣṇis; Navaratha’s Refuge to Sarasvatī; Rise of Sāttvata Tradition; Prelude to Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Incarnation
महाभोजकुले जाता भोजा वैमार्तिकास्तथा / वृष्णेः सुमित्रो बलवाननमित्रः शिनस्तथा
mahābhojakule jātā bhojā vaimārtikāstathā / vṛṣṇeḥ sumitro balavānanamitraḥ śinastathā
મહાભોજ કુળમાં ભોજો તથા વૈમાર્તિકો જન્મ્યા. વृष્ણિમાંથી સુમિત્ર, બળવાન બલવાન, અનમિત્ર અને તેમ જ શિન પણ ઉત્પન્ન થયા.
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) recounting lineage to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
This verse is primarily genealogical, mapping human lineages rather than teaching an explicit doctrine of Ātman; its value is contextual—locating dharma and sacred history within named clans that later appear in Purāṇic theology.
No direct yogic practice is taught in this verse; it functions as dynastic background. In the Kurma Purana, yogic instruction is concentrated elsewhere (notably the Upari-bhāga’s Ishvara Gītā and related Pāśupata-oriented teachings).
It does not directly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it contributes to the Purāṇic framework of sacred history in which later sections articulate the Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis more explicitly.