Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 21
Svāyambhuva Lineage to Dakṣa; Pṛthu’s Devotion; Pāśupata Saṃnyāsa; Dakṣa–Satī Episode
अचिरादेव तन्वङ्गो भार्या तस्य सुचिस्मिता / खिखण्डनं हविर्धानमन्तर्धाना व्यजायत
acirādeva tanvaṅgo bhāryā tasya sucismitā / khikhaṇḍanaṃ havirdhānamantardhānā vyajāyata
ಸ್ವಲ್ಪಕಾಲದಲ್ಲೇ ತನ್ವಂಗನ ಪತ್ನಿ ಸುಚಿಸ್ಮಿತಾ (ಸುಮಧುರಸ್ಮಿತೆ) ಖಿಖಂಡನ ಮತ್ತು ಹವಿರ್ಧಾನ ಎಂಬ ಪುತ್ರರನ್ನು ಹಾಗೂ ಅಂತರ್ಧಾನಾ ಎಂಬ ಪುತ್ರಿಯನ್ನು ಹೆತ್ತಳು.
Suta (narrator) recounting the lineage to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: shringara
FAQs
This verse is genealogical rather than doctrinal; it situates sacred history through lineage, which later chapters use as a framework for dharma and liberation teachings, but it does not directly define the Ātman.
No explicit yoga practice is taught in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork, while yoga and Pāśupata-oriented disciplines are treated in later, more instructional sections of the Kurma Purana.
It does not explicitly address Shiva–Vishnu synthesis; it contributes to the Purana’s broader sacred-historical setting in which later teachings integrate Shaiva and Vaishnava perspectives.