Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
Jambūdvīpa Varṣas, Bhārata as Karmabhūmi, and the Sacred Hydro-Topography of Dharma
इती श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायां पूर्वविभागे चतुश्चत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच केतुमाले नराः कालाः सर्वे पनसभोजनाः / स्त्रियश्चोत्पलपत्राभा जीवन्ति च वर्षायुतम्
itī śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge catuścatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca ketumāle narāḥ kālāḥ sarve panasabhojanāḥ / striyaścotpalapatrābhā jīvanti ca varṣāyutam
अशा प्रकारे श्रीकूर्मपुराणातील षट्साहस्त्री संहितेच्या पूर्वविभागातील चव्वेचाळीसावा अध्याय समाप्त. सूत म्हणाले—केतुमालात पुरुष काळसर वर्णाचे असून सर्वजण पनस (फणस) भक्षण करतात. स्त्रिया कमळपानासारख्या शोभायमान असून दहा सहस्र वर्षे जगतात।
Sūta
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine; it functions as a cosmographical note describing Ketumāla’s inhabitants, their diet, appearance, and extraordinary longevity within Purāṇic world-geography.
No explicit yoga practice is stated here. The verse belongs to the Purva-bhāga’s descriptive cosmology; for yoga teachings (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline and theistic contemplation), the Kurma Purāṇa develops them more directly in later doctrinal sections (notably the Upari-bhāga/Iśvara-gītā context).
It does not address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity directly; it is a regional description. The Kurma Purāṇa’s Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava synthesis is thematic across the work, but this particular śloka is primarily geographical and ethnographic.