Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 12
Genealogies of Yadus and Vṛṣṇis; Navaratha’s Refuge to Sarasvatī; Rise of Sāttvata Tradition; Prelude to Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Incarnation
दशार्हपुत्रोप्यारोहो जीमूतस्तत्सुतो ऽभवत् / जैमूतिरभवद् वीरो विकृतिः परवीरहा
daśārhaputropyāroho jīmūtastatsuto 'bhavat / jaimūtirabhavad vīro vikṛtiḥ paravīrahā
دَشارْہ کا بیٹا اُپْیاروہ تھا؛ اس سے جیموت پیدا ہوا، اور جیموت کا بیٹا جَیموتی ہوا۔ اسی سے بہادر وِکرتی پیدا ہوا، جو دشمن کے سورماؤں کا قاتل تھا۔
Sūta (narrator) recounting Purāṇic genealogy to the sages
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is genealogical rather than metaphysical; it does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine, but it situates later spiritual teachings within a remembered lineage (vaṁśa) that Purāṇas use to anchor dharma and sacred history.
No specific yoga practice is described in this śloka; it functions as a dynastic link. In the broader Kurma Purana, yoga and Pāśupata-oriented discipline are taught elsewhere (notably in the Upari-bhāga’s Īśvara-gītā section).
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; however, such lineage passages frame the Purāṇic world where later sections articulate Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava synthesis and devotion to the one Supreme expressed through multiple divine forms.