Shloka 3
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
आयुषस्तनया वीराः पञ्चैवासन् महौजसः / स्वर्भानुतनयायां वै प्रभायामिति नः श्रुतम्
āyuṣastanayā vīrāḥ pañcaivāsan mahaujasaḥ / svarbhānutanayāyāṃ vai prabhāyāmiti naḥ śrutam
Мы слышали, что у Аюши (Āyuṣa) было пятеро сыновей-героев, все исполненные великой мощи, рождённые от Прабхи (Prabhā), дочери Сварбхану (Svarbhānu).
Sūta (narrator) relating Purāṇic genealogy to the sages
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is genealogical and does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine; it preserves lineage memory (śruti-smṛti style “iti naḥ śrutam”), which the Purāṇa uses to ground later dharma and yoga teachings in a continuous sacred history.
No specific yoga practice is described in this śloka. Its function is narrative: establishing dynastic context that, elsewhere in the Kūrma Purāṇa, frames dharma, tīrtha, and later Upari-bhāga teachings such as Pāśupata-oriented discipline and the Īśvara-gītā.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu. Indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic method: genealogies support a unified sacred worldview in which later sections harmonize Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava teachings within one continuous tradition.