Shloka 46
Genealogies of Yadus and Vṛṣṇis; Navaratha’s Refuge to Sarasvatī; Rise of Sāttvata Tradition; Prelude to Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Incarnation
चित्रकस्याभवत् पुत्रः पृथुर्विपृथुरेव च / अश्वग्रीवः सुबाहुश्च सुपार्श्वकगवेषणौ
citrakasyābhavat putraḥ pṛthurvipṛthureva ca / aśvagrīvaḥ subāhuśca supārśvakagaveṣaṇau
ചിത്രകന്റെ പുത്രന്മാർ പൃഥുവും വിപൃഥുവും ആയിരുന്നു; കൂടാതെ അശ്വഗ്രീവൻ, സുബാഹു, സുപാർശ്വകൻ, ഗവേഷണൻ എന്നിവരും ജനിച്ചു.
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) recounting lineage details to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is genealogical and does not directly teach Atman-doctrine; its function is to preserve vaṁśa-smṛti (memory of lineages), which the Purāṇas use as a framework around later philosophical teachings.
No explicit Yoga practice is taught in this shloka; it belongs to a lineage-listing section. In the Kurma Purana, Yoga instructions are treated elsewhere (notably the Upari-bhaga’s Ishvara Gita and Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis passages).
It does not address Shiva–Vishnu theology directly; it supports the Purāṇic narrative structure (genealogy and dharma-history) within which the text later presents its integrative Shaiva-Vaishnava teachings.