Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्माहस्त्र्यां संहितायां पूर्वविभागे त्रयोदशो ऽध्यायः नैमिषीया ऊचुः देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् / उत्पत्तिं विस्तरात् सूत ब्रूहि वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭmāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ naimiṣīyā ūcuḥ devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām / utpattiṃ vistarāt sūta brūhi vaivasvate 'ntare
अशा प्रकारे श्रीकूर्मपुराणातील षट्माहस्त्री संहितेच्या पूर्वविभागातील तेरावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला. नैमिषारण्यातील ऋषी म्हणाले—हे सूत! वैवस्वत मन्वंतरात देव, दानव, गंधर्व, नाग आणि राक्षस यांची उत्पत्ती आम्हाला विस्ताराने सांग।
Naimisharanya sages (Naimiṣīyāḥ), addressing Sūta
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it frames a traditional Purāṇic inquiry into manifested orders of beings (Devas, Dānavas, etc.) within a Manvantara, setting the stage for teachings where cosmic origin is ultimately traced back to the supreme causal principle.
No specific Yoga practice is taught in this verse. It functions as a narrative prompt for cosmological exposition; later Kurma Purana sections—especially in the Upari-bhāga—connect cosmology to dharma and Yoga (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline and devotion).
This verse does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu. Indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic method where diverse beings and lineages are explained within a single sacred history that, across the text, supports a synthesized Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava theological horizon.