Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 9
Dvīpa-Varṣa Vibhāga and the Priyavrata–Agnīdhra Lineage
Cosmic Geography and Royal Succession
मेधाग्निबाहुपुत्रास्तु त्रयो योगपरायणाः / जातिस्मरा महाभागा न राज्ये दधिरे मतिम्
medhāgnibāhuputrāstu trayo yogaparāyaṇāḥ / jātismarā mahābhāgā na rājye dadhire matim
لیکن میدھاغنی باہو کے تین بیٹے یوگ میں یکسو تھے۔ وہ سابقہ جنموں کو یاد رکھنے والے عظیم بخت تھے؛ انہوں نے سلطنت پر دل نہ لگایا۔
Sūta (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By portraying yogins who remember past births and reject royal power, the verse implies that the Self is continuous beyond one lifetime; realization of that continuity naturally turns the mind away from transient status toward liberation-oriented knowledge and Yoga.
The verse highlights yogaparāyaṇatā—single-minded commitment to yogic discipline—and vairāgya (dispassion). In Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, such steadiness is a hallmark of mature sādhanā leading toward īśvara-prāpti rather than worldly sovereignty.
Indirectly: the shared ideal is devotion to Yoga and renunciation of egoic power, a common ground in the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian tone where the highest aim is īśvara-realization (whether articulated in Shaiva Pāśupata idiom or Vaishnava Bhagavān-centered language).