Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
Bāṇa’s Śiva-bhakti and the Genealogy of Kaśyapa’s Descendants
Manvantara Lineages
एते कश्यपदायादाः कीर्तिताः स्थाणुजङ्गमाः / वैवस्वते ऽन्ते ह्यस्मिञ्छृण्वतां पापनाशनाः
ete kaśyapadāyādāḥ kīrtitāḥ sthāṇujaṅgamāḥ / vaivasvate 'nte hyasmiñchṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanāḥ
अशा रीतीने कश्यपाचे वंशज—स्थावर व जंगम—कीर्तित झाले. या वैवस्वत मन्वंतराच्या शेवटी ही कथा ऐकणाऱ्यांचे पाप नष्ट करते।
Suta (narrator) recounting the Purana to the sages (traditional Kurma Purana framing)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by framing all beings—immovable and movable—as part of a single cosmic order, it supports the Purāṇic vision in which the same ultimate reality pervades diverse forms; the spiritual benefit comes through śravaṇa (devotional listening) that purifies the mind toward Self-knowledge.
The practice emphasized is śravaṇa—reverent listening to sacred narration—as a purificatory discipline. In Kurma Purana’s broader yogic frame (including Pāśupata-oriented teaching elsewhere), such purification is a preparatory limb that supports steadiness of mind for dhyāna and devotion.
This verse is not explicitly sectarian; it presents a shared Purāṇic soteriology where sacred hearing removes sin. That inclusive, non-polemical stance aligns with the Kurma Purana’s wider Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, where both traditions value dharma and purifying devotion.