Shloka 145
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
सनत्कुमाराद् भगवान् मुनिः सत्यवतीसुतः / लेभे पुराणं परमं व्यासः सर्वार्थसंचयम्
sanatkumārād bhagavān muniḥ satyavatīsutaḥ / lebhe purāṇaṃ paramaṃ vyāsaḥ sarvārthasaṃcayam
सनत्कुमार से भगवान्-तुल्य मुनि, सत्यवती के पुत्र व्यास ने यह परम पुराण प्राप्त किया—जो समस्त अर्थों और प्रयोजनों का संकलन है।
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta-style lineage narration; not a direct dialogue line of Kurma here)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by calling the Purāṇa “sarvārtha-saṃcaya,” it frames the teaching as encompassing the highest puruṣārtha—mokṣa—whose realization is classically tied to knowing the Self (ātman) beyond limited aims.
No single practice is named in this verse; it establishes textual lineage and authority, preparing the ground for later Kurma Purana teachings—especially Pāśupata-leaning disciplines and devotion-driven contemplation that culminate in liberation.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; instead, it legitimizes the Kurma Purana’s comprehensive scope—within which the Purāṇa later presents a Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis (unity of the supreme reality approached through multiple theistic forms).