Shloka 22
Manvantaras, Indras, Saptarṣis, and the Seven Sustaining Manifestations; Vyāsa as Nārāyaṇa
सुमेधा विरजाश्चैव हविष्मानुत्तमो मधुः / अतिनामा सहिष्णुश्च सप्तासन्नृषयः शुभाः
sumedhā virajāścaiva haviṣmānuttamo madhuḥ / atināmā sahiṣṇuśca saptāsannṛṣayaḥ śubhāḥ
സുമേധാ, വിരജാ, ഹവിഷ്മാൻ, ഉത്തമൻ, മധു, അതിനാമാ, സഹിഷ്ണു—ഇവർ ഏഴുപേരും ശുഭമായ ഋഷിമാർ ആയിരുന്നു.
Sūta (narrator) recounting the Purāṇic tradition to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it establishes the authority of the tradition by listing revered sages, a common Purāṇic method for grounding later metaphysical teachings in an authenticated lineage.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this line; it functions as a catalog of sages. In the Kurma Purana, such rishi lists typically frame later instruction on dharma, vrata, and (in other sections) Pāśupata-oriented disciplines.
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it names sages. The broader Kurma Purana, however, frequently uses rishi-authority to support its Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis in adjacent doctrinal passages.