Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 14
Tāmasa Sarga, the Androgynous Division of Brahmā, and the Lineages of Dharma and Adharma
प्रसूत्यां च तथा दक्षश्चतस्त्रो विंशतिं तथा / ससर्ज कन्या नामानि तासां सम्यम् निबोधत
prasūtyāṃ ca tathā dakṣaścatastro viṃśatiṃ tathā / sasarja kanyā nāmāni tāsāṃ samyam nibodhata
At mula kay Prasūti, si Dakṣa ay nagkaanak ng dalawampu’t apat na anak na babae. Ngayon, pakinggan ninyo sa wastong pagkakasunod ang mga pangalan ng mga dalagang iyon.
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Purāṇic genealogy in dialogue-frame
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily genealogical: it sets out the cosmic order of creation through Dakṣa’s progeny. Indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic view that manifested worlds arise in an ordered sequence within a higher, overarching reality rather than by randomness.
No direct yogic technique is taught in this verse. Its contribution is contextual: it establishes the cosmological and dharmic framework within which later Kurma Purana teachings—especially on Pāśupata Yoga and devotion—are situated.
This verse does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it focuses on Dakṣa’s lineage. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such creation accounts function as a shared cosmology that later supports non-sectarian reverence for both deities.