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Shloka 1

Durjaya, Urvaśī, and the Expiation at Vārāṇasī

Genealogy and Sin-Removal through Viśveśvara

Devanagari script

इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायां पूर्वविभागे एकविशो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच जयध्वजस्य पुत्रो ऽभूत् तालाजङ्घ इति स्मृतः / शतपुत्रास्तु तस्यासन् तालजङ्घाः प्रकीर्तिताः

Transliteration

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge ekaviśo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca jayadhvajasya putro 'bhūt tālājaṅgha iti smṛtaḥ / śataputrāstu tasyāsan tālajaṅghāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീകൂർമപുരാണത്തിലെ ഷട്സാഹസ്ത്രീ സംഹിതയുടെ പൂർവവിഭാഗത്തിൽ ഇരുപത്തൊന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപിച്ചു. സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ജയധ്വജന് താലജങ്ഘൻ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന പുത്രൻ ഉണ്ടായി; അവന് നൂറു പുത്രന്മാർ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു, അവർ താലജങ്ഘർ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധർ।

Word by Word

इतिthus

श्रीकूर्मपुराणेin the revered Kurma Purana

षट्साहस्त्र्याम्in the (section) of six thousand (verses)

संहितायाम्in the compendium (saṃhitā)

पूर्वविभागेin the former section

एकविशःtwenty-first

अध्यायःchapter

सूतःSūta

उवाचsaid

जयध्वजस्यof Jayadhvaja

पुत्रःson

अभूत्was, came to be

तालाजङ्घःTālājaṅgha (proper name)

इतिthus

स्मृतःis remembered/called

शतपुत्राःhaving a hundred sons / hundred sons

तुindeed, and

तस्यof him

आसन्were

तालजङ्घाःTālajaṅghas (descendants/clan)

प्रकीर्तिताःare proclaimed/celebrated

Speaker

Sūta

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

Sūta

Jayadhvaja

Tālajaṅgha

Tālajaṅgha lineage (Tālajaṅghas)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

This verse is genealogical rather than metaphysical; it does not directly discuss Ātman. In the Kurma Purāṇa’s broader frame, such lineages situate dharma in history, preparing the ground where later teachings (including the Upari-bhāga’s Īśvara-gītā) articulate the Self and Lordship.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific yoga practice is taught in this verse. It functions as Purāṇic historiography (vaṃśānucarita), while the text’s yoga teachings—often linked with Pāśupata and devotion—appear in other sections, especially the Upari-bhāga.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It does not address Śiva–Viṣṇu theology directly. Indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic method: establishing dynastic and dharmic context in the Pūrva-bhāga, alongside which the Kurma Purāṇa elsewhere presents a synthesis of Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava devotion.