Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
Bāṇa’s Śiva-bhakti and the Genealogy of Kaśyapa’s Descendants
Manvantara Lineages
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायां पूर्वविभागे षोडशो ऽध्याय बलेः पुत्रशतं त्वासीन्महाबलपराक्रमम् / तेषां प्रधानो द्युतिमान् बाणो नाम महाबलः
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāya baleḥ putraśataṃ tvāsīnmahābalaparākramam / teṣāṃ pradhāno dyutimān bāṇo nāma mahābalaḥ
इस प्रकार श्रीकूर्मपुराण की षट्साहस्त्री संहिता के पूर्वभाग में कहा गया है—बलि के सौ पुत्र थे, महाबल और महापराक्रमी। उनमें प्रधान तेजस्वी और अत्यन्त बलवान ‘बाण’ नामक था।
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/compilers’ colophon-style narration within the Kurma Purana frame)
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is primarily genealogical and narrative; it does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine, but sets up historical-personal contexts in which later dharma and devotion themes unfold in the Purāṇa.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this line; it functions as a narrative transition. Yogic and Pāśupata-oriented teachings are emphasized more strongly in the Upari-bhāga (including the Īśvara-gītā sections).
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it introduces Bali’s lineage (including Bāṇa), a figure often connected with later theistic narratives where Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava strands can converge in the broader Purāṇic tradition.