Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 112
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
वेदशाखाप्रणयनं व्यासानां कथनं ततः / अवेदस्य च वेदानां कथनं मुनिपुङ्गवाः
vedaśākhāpraṇayanaṃ vyāsānāṃ kathanaṃ tataḥ / avedasya ca vedānāṃ kathanaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ
Ó mais eminentes dos sábios, depois vem o relato da composição e ordenação dos ramos védicos, a narração da linhagem dos Vyāsas, e também a exposição tanto do que está fora do Veda (a-veda) quanto do que pertence aos Vedas.
Sūta (narrator) addressing the sages (Munis) in the Naimiṣāraṇya-style frame
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames the Purāṇic method—grounding spiritual truth in Vedic transmission (śākhās and Vyāsa lineages) while also discussing a-veda (auxiliary or non-Vedic domains), implying that liberating knowledge is approached through both revealed tradition and its explanatory literature.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it functions as a table-of-contents marker indicating a doctrinal section on Vedic structure and related teachings that later support dharma, jñāna, and Yoga discussions found elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
It does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu directly; however, by situating teachings within Vedic arrangement and Purāṇic exposition, it reflects the Kurma Purana’s broader strategy of harmonizing sectarian theologies through a shared Vedic framework.