Shloka 15
Genealogies of Kaśyapa and Pulastya; Rise of Brahmavādin Lines and Rākṣasa Branches
पुलहस्य मृगाः पुत्राः सर्वे व्यालाश्च दंष्ट्रिणः / भूताः पिशाचाः सर्पाश्च शूकरा हस्तिनस्तथा
pulahasya mṛgāḥ putrāḥ sarve vyālāśca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ / bhūtāḥ piśācāḥ sarpāśca śūkarā hastinastathā
పులహుని సంతానం మృగములు మొదలైనవిగా అయ్యాయి; అలాగే దంష్ట్రలుగల భయంకర వ్యాలములు కూడా—భూతములు, పిశాచములు, సర్పములు, శూకరములు, హస్తులు కూడాను।
Sūta (narrator) recounting the Purāṇic genealogy to the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
Indirectly: by listing diverse beings as products of cosmic genealogy, the verse supports the Purāṇic view that the one Reality pervades all forms, while names and species arise through creation’s differentiations.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it functions as cosmological background. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such creation-lists frame vairāgya (dispassion) and disciplined living that support Pāśupata-style devotion and yoga taught elsewhere.
The verse is not a direct Shiva–Vishnu teaching; it contributes to a shared cosmology in which all beings arise within a single sacred order upheld by the Supreme, a foundation used by the Kurma Purana to harmonize Shaiva and Vaishnava perspectives in other sections.