Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 12
Lineage of Vyāsas, Division of the Veda, and Vāsudeva/Īśāna as the Veda-Known Supreme
अथ शिष्यान् प्रिजग्राह चतुरो वेदपारगान् / जैमिनिं च सुमन्तुं च वैशम्पायनमेव च / पैलं तेषां चतुर्थं च पञ्चमं मां महामुनिः
atha śiṣyān prijagrāha caturo vedapāragān / jaiminiṃ ca sumantuṃ ca vaiśampāyanameva ca / pailaṃ teṣāṃ caturthaṃ ca pañcamaṃ māṃ mahāmuniḥ
پھر اُس مہامنی نے ویدوں کے پارنگت پانچ شاگرد قبول کیے—جَیمِنی، سُمنتُو، ویشمپاین؛ چوتھا پَیل؛ اور پانچواں مجھے۔
Sūta (narrator), recounting the Purāṇic tradition of Vyāsa’s disciplic succession
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it establishes scriptural authority through the guru–śiṣya lineage, implying that reliable knowledge of Ātman is to be received via authentic Vedic transmission.
No specific Yoga practice is taught in this verse; its focus is on paramparā (disciplic succession), which is a prerequisite framework for later teachings such as Pāśupata-oriented discipline and the Ishvara Gītā instructions in the Upari-bhāga.
It does not explicitly discuss Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; instead, it grounds the Purāṇa’s teachings in Vedic lineage, a foundation upon which the Kurma Purana later presents its Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava synthesis.