Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 40
Jambūdvīpa Varṣas, Bhārata as Karmabhūmi, and the Sacred Hydro-Topography of Dharma
पुण्ड्राः कलिङ्गामगधा दाक्षिणात्याश्चकृत्स्नशः / तथापरान्ताः सौराष्ट्राः शूद्राभीरास्तथार्ऽबुदाः
puṇḍrāḥ kaliṅgāmagadhā dākṣiṇātyāścakṛtsnaśaḥ / tathāparāntāḥ saurāṣṭrāḥ śūdrābhīrāstathār'budāḥ
Contam-se também os Puṇḍras, os Kaliṅgas e os Magadhas; e, por inteiro, os povos das regiões do Sul. Do mesmo modo há os Aparāntas e os Saurāṣṭras, bem como os Śūdras, os Ābhīras e os de Arbuda.
Suta (narrator) recounting traditional Purāṇic enumeration to the sages (Naimiṣāraṇya context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine; it functions as a janapada (regional peoples) enumeration, supporting the Purāṇic vision of a single dhārmic cosmos in which spiritual instruction applies across all lands and communities.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this line. Indirectly, it provides cultural-geographic framing for later Kurma Purana teachings—especially the Upari-bhāga’s Ishvara Gītā and Pāśupata-oriented disciplines—by situating dharma across diverse regions.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu. Its role is contextual: the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis presents one dharma spanning all janapadas, a unity later articulated more directly in the Ishvara Gītā sections.