Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 60
Genealogies of Yadus and Vṛṣṇis; Navaratha’s Refuge to Sarasvatī; Rise of Sāttvata Tradition; Prelude to Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Incarnation
ह्रीमती चापि या कन्या श्रीरिवायतलोचना / सुबाहुर्नाम गन्धर्वस्तामादाय ययौ पुरीम्
hrīmatī cāpi yā kanyā śrīrivāyatalocanā / subāhurnāma gandharvastāmādāya yayau purīm
At ang dalagang si Hrīmatī—na ang mahahabang mata’y tulad ng kay Śrī (Lakṣmī)—ay dinala ng isang Gandharva na nagngangalang Subāhu, at siya’y tumungo sa kanyang lungsod.
Sūta (narrator) recounting the Purāṇic narrative to the sages (frame narration)
Primary Rasa: shringara
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
This verse is primarily narrative and does not directly teach ātman-doctrine; it sets a worldly scene (events driven by desire and fate) that later Purāṇic teaching contrasts with self-mastery and dharma.
No explicit yoga practice is stated in this line; it belongs to the Purva-bhaga’s story-flow. In the Kurma Purana, yogic discipline (including Pāśupata-oriented restraint and devotion) is taught more explicitly in later doctrinal sections, especially around the Upari-bhaga’s Ishvara Gita context.
It does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu directly. Indirectly, as part of the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such narratives function as moral and karmic backdrops against which the text later presents unified devotion and higher dharma.