Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
Incarnations of Mahādeva in Kali-yuga (Vaivasvata Manvantara) and the Nakulīśa Horizon
सारस्वतस्तथा मेघो घनवाहः सुवाहनः / कपिलश्चासुरिश्चैव वोढुः पञ्चशिखो मुनिः
sārasvatastathā megho ghanavāhaḥ suvāhanaḥ / kapilaścāsuriścaiva voḍhuḥ pañcaśikho muniḥ
ထို့အတူ စာရသ္ဝတ၊ မေဃ၊ ဃနဝါဟ၊ သုဝါဟန တို့ရှိကြ၏။ ထို့ပြင် ကပိလ နှင့် အာသုရိ၊ ထို့နောက် ဝိုဍ္ဍု နှင့် မုနိ ပဉ္စသိခ တို့လည်း ပါဝင်၏။
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) recounting the list of sages in the Kurma Purana’s Purva-bhaga context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it functions as a paramparā-style catalog of sages, implicitly grounding later metaphysical teaching (Sāṅkhya/Yoga and Purāṇic theism) in respected teacher lineages.
No specific practice is taught in this line; however, by naming Kapila, Āsuri, and Pañcaśikha, it signals the Sāṅkhya–Yoga intellectual background that the Kurma Purana later harmonizes with devotion and Pāśupata-oriented discipline.
The verse itself is non-sectarian and genealogical; in the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such sage-lists support a shared sacred transmission that culminates in teachings where Hari and Hara are presented as mutually inclusive manifestations of the one Supreme.