Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 46
Genealogies of Yadus and Vṛṣṇis; Navaratha’s Refuge to Sarasvatī; Rise of Sāttvata Tradition; Prelude to Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Incarnation
चित्रकस्याभवत् पुत्रः पृथुर्विपृथुरेव च / अश्वग्रीवः सुबाहुश्च सुपार्श्वकगवेषणौ
citrakasyābhavat putraḥ pṛthurvipṛthureva ca / aśvagrīvaḥ subāhuśca supārśvakagaveṣaṇau
چِترک کے بیٹے پرتھو اور وِپرتھو تھے؛ نیز اَشوَگریو، سُباہُو، سُپارشوَک اور گویشن بھی (اس کے) بیٹے تھے۔
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) recounting lineage details to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is genealogical and does not directly teach Atman-doctrine; its function is to preserve vaṁśa-smṛti (memory of lineages), which the Purāṇas use as a framework around later philosophical teachings.
No explicit Yoga practice is taught in this shloka; it belongs to a lineage-listing section. In the Kurma Purana, Yoga instructions are treated elsewhere (notably the Upari-bhaga’s Ishvara Gita and Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis passages).
It does not address Shiva–Vishnu theology directly; it supports the Purāṇic narrative structure (genealogy and dharma-history) within which the text later presents its integrative Shaiva-Vaishnava teachings.