Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 17
Genealogies of Kaśyapa and Pulastya; Rise of Brahmavādin Lines and Rākṣasa Branches
भृगोरप्यभवच्छुक्रो दैत्याचार्यो महातपाः / स्वाध्याययोगनिरतो हरभक्तो महाद्युतिः
bhṛgorapyabhavacchukro daityācāryo mahātapāḥ / svādhyāyayoganirato harabhakto mahādyutiḥ
またブリグからはシュクラが生まれた—ダイティヤ族の師（アーチャーリヤ）であり、大いなる苦行を成す大タパスヴィー。聖典の自習（スヴァーディヤーヤ）とヨーガの規律に専心し、ハラ（シヴァ）への篤い帰依を抱き、偉大な霊光を具えていた。
Sūta (narrator) recounting the Purāṇic lineage to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
By praising Śukra’s tapas, svādhyāya, and yoga, the verse implies that inner realization is approached through disciplined practice and scriptural contemplation—methods traditionally aimed at direct knowledge of the Self beyond mere lineage or status.
The verse explicitly highlights svādhyāya (scriptural recitation and reflective study) and yoga (steadfast meditative discipline). Together they indicate a classical purāṇic path: study that purifies understanding and yoga that stabilizes the mind toward samādhi-like absorption.
Even within the Kurma Purana’s Vaiṣṇava frame, Śukra is lauded as a devotee of Hara (Śiva), reflecting the text’s integrative theology where devotion to Śiva is honored as a valid and luminous spiritual orientation rather than a sectarian contradiction.