Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 141
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
श्रुत्वा नारायणाद् दिव्यां नारदो भगवानृषिः / गौतमाय ददौ पूर्वं तस्माच्चैव पराशरः
śrutvā nārāyaṇād divyāṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ / gautamāya dadau pūrvaṃ tasmāccaiva parāśaraḥ
നാരായണനിൽ നിന്ന് ദിവ്യോപദേശം ശ്രവിച്ച ഭഗവാൻ ഋഷി നാരദൻ ആദ്യം ഗൗതമനു നൽകി; അവനിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ പരാശരനും (സ്വീകരിച്ച് പകർന്നു).
Narratorial voice within the Kurma Purana’s sage-to-sage transmission frame (Paramparā description)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by grounding the teaching in Nārāyaṇa as the divine source, it affirms that the highest knowledge (often concerning Ātman/Iśvara) is apauruṣeya-like in authority—received through realized sages and preserved by paramparā.
No specific practice is named in this verse; it establishes the legitimacy of the Kurma Purana’s Yoga-śāstra instructions (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline) by tracing them to Nārāyaṇa and a recognized rishi lineage.
By presenting Nārāyaṇa as the fountainhead of the ‘divine teaching’ that later supports the Purāṇa’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, it frames sectarian teachings as harmonized within a single authoritative divine source transmitted by sages.