Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
Bāṇa’s Śiva-bhakti and the Genealogy of Kaśyapa’s Descendants
Manvantara Lineages
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायां पूर्वविभागे षोडशो ऽध्याय बलेः पुत्रशतं त्वासीन्महाबलपराक्रमम् / तेषां प्रधानो द्युतिमान् बाणो नाम महाबलः
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāya baleḥ putraśataṃ tvāsīnmahābalaparākramam / teṣāṃ pradhāno dyutimān bāṇo nāma mahābalaḥ
अशा प्रकारे श्रीकूर्मपुराणातील षट्साहस्त्री संहितेच्या पूर्वभागात सांगितले आहे—बलीचे शंभर पुत्र होते, महाबल व महापराक्रमी. त्यांतील प्रधान तेजस्वी व अतिबलवान ‘बाण’ नावाचा होता.
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta/compilers’ colophon-style narration within the Kurma Purana frame)
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is primarily genealogical and narrative; it does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine, but sets up historical-personal contexts in which later dharma and devotion themes unfold in the Purāṇa.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this line; it functions as a narrative transition. Yogic and Pāśupata-oriented teachings are emphasized more strongly in the Upari-bhāga (including the Īśvara-gītā sections).
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it introduces Bali’s lineage (including Bāṇa), a figure often connected with later theistic narratives where Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava strands can converge in the broader Purāṇic tradition.