Shloka 1
Svāyambhuva Lineage to Dakṣa; Pṛthu’s Devotion; Pāśupata Saṃnyāsa; Dakṣa–Satī Episode
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायां पूर्वविभागे द्वादशो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ मनोः स्वायंभुवस्य तु / धर्मज्ञौ सुमहावीर्यौ शतरूपा व्यजीजनत्
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca priyavratottānapādau manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvasya tu / dharmajñau sumahāvīryau śatarūpā vyajījanat
یوں شری کورم پران کی شٹ ساہسری سنہتا کے پوروَ بھاگ میں بارہواں ادھیائے سمાપ્ત ہوا۔ سوت نے کہا—سْوایمبھُو منو سے شترُوپا نے پریہ ورت اور اُتّانپاد کو جنم دیا؛ دونوں دھرم کے جاننے والے اور عظیم شجاعت والے تھے۔
Sūta
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
This verse is primarily genealogical, establishing a dharma-rooted royal lineage; it does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine, but it frames dharma as the guiding principle through which higher spiritual teachings (elsewhere in the Purāṇa) are approached.
No explicit yoga practice is described in this verse; its focus is on dharma-knowledge and heroic capacity in righteous rulers, a common Purāṇic foundation for later instructions on vows, worship, and yogic discipline.
It does not directly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it functions as narrative scaffolding in the Pūrvabhāga, preparing the broader Purāṇic context in which synthesis themes appear more explicitly in other sections.