Shloka 8
Durjaya, Urvaśī, and the Expiation at Vārāṇasī
Genealogy and Sin-Removal through Viśveśvara
सा देवी नृपतिं दृष्ट्वा रूपलावण्यसंयुतम् / रेमे तेन चिरं कालं कामदेवमिवापरम्
sā devī nṛpatiṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpalāvaṇyasaṃyutam / reme tena ciraṃ kālaṃ kāmadevamivāparam
เมื่อเทวีสาวได้เห็นพระราชาผู้เพียบพร้อมด้วยรูปโฉมและเสน่ห์ นางก็เสพสุขกับเขาเนิ่นนาน ประหนึ่งว่าเขาเป็นกามเทพอีกองค์หนึ่ง
Sūta (narrator) recounting the episode to the sages (frame narration)
Primary Rasa: shringara
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine; it portrays worldly attraction (kāma) through poetic comparison, which later Purāṇic teaching often frames as something to be governed by dharma and ultimately transcended by yoga and knowledge.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this line; it functions as narrative groundwork, contrasting sensual delight with the Kurma Purana’s later emphasis on self-mastery, dharma, and (in other sections) Pāśupata-oriented discipline and devotion.
It does not address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity explicitly; it is a kāvya-style narrative verse. The Kurma Purana’s synthesis appears more directly in its theological chapters rather than in this romantic description.