Shloka 110
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
पर्वतानां च कथनं स्थानानि च दिवौकसाम् / द्वीपानां प्रविभागश्च श्वेतद्वीपोपवर्णनम्
parvatānāṃ ca kathanaṃ sthānāni ca divaukasām / dvīpānāṃ pravibhāgaśca śvetadvīpopavarṇanam
പർവതങ്ങളുടെ വിവരണം, ദിവ്യലോകവാസികളുടെ നിവാസസ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ, ദ്വീപങ്ങളുടെ വിഭാഗീകരണം, കൂടാതെ ശ്വേതദ്വീപത്തിന്റെ ഉപവർണ്ണനവും ഇവിടെ പറയുന്നു.
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) summarizing the forthcoming topics to the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is a topical heading for Purāṇic cosmography—mountains, celestial abodes, dvīpas, and Śvetadvīpa—rather than a direct teaching on Ātman; it frames the sacred universe within which later dharma and spiritual teachings are situated.
No specific Yoga practice is taught in this line; it introduces geographical and cosmological descriptions. In the Kurma Purāṇa, such cosmography often supports dharma and worship by mapping sacred realms (including exalted regions like Śvetadvīpa) that inspire devotion and disciplined practice.
It does not explicitly discuss Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it functions as a content-marker for cosmological narration. The Kurma Purāṇa’s broader synthesis—Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava harmony and Pāśupata-oriented spirituality—appears more directly in its theological and Yoga sections rather than in this heading-verse.