Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 21
Sūrya-vaṃśa Genealogy and the Supremacy of Tapas: Gāyatrī-Japa, Rudra-Darśana, and Śatarudrīya Upadeśa
दृढाश्वस्य प्रमोदस्तु हर्यश्वस्तस्य चात्मजः / हर्यश्वस्य निकुम्भस्तु निकुम्भात् संहताश्वकः
dṛḍhāśvasya pramodastu haryaśvastasya cātmajaḥ / haryaśvasya nikumbhastu nikumbhāt saṃhatāśvakaḥ
दृढाश्वापासून प्रमोद झाला आणि त्याचा पुत्र हर्यश्व होता। हर्यश्वापासून निकुम्भ, आणि निकुम्भापासून संहताश्वक उत्पन्न झाला।
Sūta (narrator) recounting Purāṇic genealogy to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine; it preserves the dhārmic memory of lineage (vaṃśa), a Purāṇic method that frames later teachings on the Self by anchoring them in historical-sacred continuity.
No explicit yoga practice is stated; however, Purāṇic genealogies function as a dharma-context for later disciplines (including Pāśupata-oriented devotion and yogic restraint) by emphasizing orderly succession and preservation of sacred tradition.
The verse is genealogical and does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu directly; within the Kūrma Purāṇa’s broader Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava synthesis, such lineage passages serve as narrative scaffolding for later unified theological instruction.