Shloka 141
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
श्रुत्वा नारायणाद् दिव्यां नारदो भगवानृषिः / गौतमाय ददौ पूर्वं तस्माच्चैव पराशरः
śrutvā nārāyaṇād divyāṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ / gautamāya dadau pūrvaṃ tasmāccaiva parāśaraḥ
نارائن سے الٰہی تعلیم سن کر، بھگوان رشی نارَد نے پہلے گوتم کو عطا کی؛ اور اسی سے پاراشر نے بھی (حاصل کر کے آگے پہنچائی)۔
Narratorial voice within the Kurma Purana’s sage-to-sage transmission frame (Paramparā description)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by grounding the teaching in Nārāyaṇa as the divine source, it affirms that the highest knowledge (often concerning Ātman/Iśvara) is apauruṣeya-like in authority—received through realized sages and preserved by paramparā.
No specific practice is named in this verse; it establishes the legitimacy of the Kurma Purana’s Yoga-śāstra instructions (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline) by tracing them to Nārāyaṇa and a recognized rishi lineage.
By presenting Nārāyaṇa as the fountainhead of the ‘divine teaching’ that later supports the Purāṇa’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, it frames sectarian teachings as harmonized within a single authoritative divine source transmitted by sages.