Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
Puṣkara-dvīpa, Lokāloka, and the Measure of the Brahmāṇḍa
Cosmic Egg
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साह्स्त्र्यां संहितायां पूर्वविभागे सप्तचत्वारिंशोध्यायः सूत उवाच शाकद्वीपस्य विस्ताराद् द्विगुणेन व्यवस्थितः / क्षीरार्णवं समाश्रित्य द्वीपः पुष्करसंवृतः
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhstryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge saptacatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca śākadvīpasya vistārād dviguṇena vyavasthitaḥ / kṣīrārṇavaṃ samāśritya dvīpaḥ puṣkarasaṃvṛtaḥ
Ganito sa Śrī Kūrma Purāṇa, sa Saṃhitā na may anim na libong taludtod, sa Pūrva-bhāga—wika ni Sūta: ang Pushkara-dvīpa ay inayos na may lawak na doble ng Śāka-dvīpa; nakasalig sa Karagatang Gatas, at ang lupain ay napalilibutan ng rehiyong Pushkara na tulad ng lotus.
Suta
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily cosmographical, describing the arrangement of dvīpas and the Ocean of Milk; it implies an ordered cosmos (ṛta) rather than directly teaching Ātman doctrine.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this verse; it belongs to the Purva-bhāga’s descriptive geography, which later supports dharma and pilgrimage-oriented contemplation.
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; its focus is the Purāṇic map of creation, within which later Kurma Purana sections develop the synthesis more directly.