Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 24
Jambūdvīpa Varṣas, Bhārata as Karmabhūmi, and the Sacred Hydro-Topography of Dharma
अयं तु नवमस्तेषां द्वीपः सागरसंवृतः / योजनानां सहस्त्रं तु द्वीपो ऽयं दक्षिणोत्तरः
ayaṃ tu navamasteṣāṃ dvīpaḥ sāgarasaṃvṛtaḥ / yojanānāṃ sahastraṃ tu dvīpo 'yaṃ dakṣiṇottaraḥ
हा त्यांपैकी नववा द्वीप असून सागराने वेढलेला आहे। हा द्वीप दक्षिण ते उत्तर एक सहस्र योजन विस्तारलेला आहे.
Suta (narrating the Purana; the geographic account is presented as part of the Kurma Purana’s discourse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily cosmographic, describing a dvīpa’s extent and oceanic enclosure; it does not directly teach Atman-doctrine, but it supports the Purana’s broader vision that the ordered cosmos is sustained by a supreme, regulating principle (Īśvara).
No explicit yoga practice is taught in this specific verse; it belongs to the Kurma Purana’s sacred-geography section rather than the Ishvara Gita or Pāśupata-yoga instructions.
This verse does not mention Shiva or Vishnu directly; its contribution is contextual—Kurma Purana integrates cosmology with devotion and dharma elsewhere, where Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis is stated more explicitly.