Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 4
Lineage of Vyāsas, Division of the Veda, and Vāsudeva/Īśāna as the Veda-Known Supreme
सप्तमे च तथैवेन्द्रो वसिष्ठश्चाष्टमे मतः / सारस्वतश्च नवमे त्रिधामा दशमे स्मृतः
saptame ca tathaivendro vasiṣṭhaścāṣṭame mataḥ / sārasvataśca navame tridhāmā daśame smṛtaḥ
Pada yang ketujuh, Indra juga demikian (dinamakan). Pada yang kelapan, Vasiṣṭha dianggap (sebagai Indra). Pada yang kesembilan, (Indra) ialah Sārasvata; dan pada yang kesepuluh, diingati sebagai Tridhāman.
Sūta (traditional narrator) recounting Purāṇic chronology to the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: by presenting the revolving offices of cosmic governance (like Indra), it implies that all such roles are impermanent within time, while the Supreme Self is the stable reality beyond these changing Manvantara administrations.
No specific practice is prescribed in this verse; its contribution is contextual—mapping cosmic cycles that later support Kurma Purana teachings on disciplined dharma and yoga by placing spiritual practice within a vast, ordered cosmology.
Not explicitly; however, the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis frames these Manvantara successions as functions within one divine order, ultimately governed by the Supreme Lord beyond sectarian division.