Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 39
Jambūdvīpa Varṣas, Bhārata as Karmabhūmi, and the Sacred Hydro-Topography of Dharma
तास्विमे कुरुपाञ्चाला मध्यदेशादयो जनाः / पूर्वदेशादिकाश्चैव कामरूपनिवासिनः
tāsvime kurupāñcālā madhyadeśādayo janāḥ / pūrvadeśādikāścaiva kāmarūpanivāsinaḥ
Nessas regiões habitam estes povos—os Kurus e os Pañcālas, e os moradores do Madhyadeśa e de outras terras; do mesmo modo, os das nações orientais, incluindo os residentes de Kāmarūpa.
Primary narrator in the Purana dialogue (traditionally Sūta relating the Kurma Purana’s account of sacred geography and peoples)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine; it catalogs peoples and regions, supporting the Purana’s broader vision of a dharmic cosmos in which spiritual teachings (elsewhere, including the Ishvara Gita) are situated within a mapped sacred world.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this line; its function is geographical-ethnographic—identifying communities across Madhyadeśa, Pūrvadeśa, and Kāmarūpa—within the Kurma Purana’s wider framework where dharma, tīrthas, and later yogic instruction are integrated.
It does not explicitly address Shiva–Vishnu unity; however, by grounding dharma in a shared sacred geography, it complements the Kurma Purana’s overall synthesis in which sectarian paths (Śaiva-Pāśupata and Vaiṣṇava) are presented as operating within one ordered cosmic and cultural landscape.