Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 23
Dvīpa-Varṣa Vibhāga and the Priyavrata–Agnīdhra Lineage
Cosmic Geography and Royal Succession
शाल्मलद्वीपनाथस्य सुताश्चासन् वपुष्मतः / श्वेतश्च हरितश्चैव जीमूतो रोहितस्तथा / वैद्युतौ मानसश्चैव सप्तमः सुप्रभो मतः
śālmaladvīpanāthasya sutāścāsan vapuṣmataḥ / śvetaśca haritaścaiva jīmūto rohitastathā / vaidyutau mānasaścaiva saptamaḥ suprabho mataḥ
शाल्मलद्वीपाच्या तेजस्वी अधिपतीपासून सात कीर्तिमान पुत्र झाले—श्वेत, हरित, जीमूत, रोहित, वैद्युत, मानस आणि सातवा सुप्रभ नावाने प्रसिद्ध।
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) recounting cosmography and dynastic details to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine; it functions as Purāṇic cosmography, listing the progeny of Śālmaladvīpa’s ruler. Its theological value is indirect—showing ordered creation (sṛṣṭi) and lineage as part of dharmic world-structure.
No explicit Yoga practice is taught in this śloka. It belongs to the geographic-genealogical register; Yoga and Pāśupata-oriented instruction appears in other Kurma Purāṇa sections (notably the Upari-bhāga’s Īśvara-gītā chapters).
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu synthesis; it supplies cosmological genealogy. In the Kurma Purāṇa’s broader frame, such world-order narratives sit alongside teachings that harmonize Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava perspectives, but this particular verse is descriptive rather than doctrinal.