Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
Invocation, Purāṇa Lakṣaṇas, Kurma at the Samudra-manthana, and Indradyumna’s Liberation Teaching
Iśvara-Gītā Prelude
अन्यान्युपराणानि मुनिभिः कथितानि तु / अष्टादशपुराणानि श्रुत्वा संक्षेपतो द्विजाः
anyānyuparāṇāni munibhiḥ kathitāni tu / aṣṭādaśapurāṇāni śrutvā saṃkṣepato dvijāḥ
Các Upapurāṇa khác cũng quả thật đã được các bậc hiền triết thuật lại. Này các bậc nhị sinh, sau khi đã nghe tóm lược mười tám Purāṇa chính yếu, (họ tìm cầu ý nghĩa cốt tủy sẽ được giảng dạy nơi đây).
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) addressing the assembled dvijas (sages/Brāhmaṇas)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it frames the scriptural setting—after hearing the Purāṇic corpus in brief, seekers are prepared to receive the deeper purport that later culminates in teachings aligned with Īśvara-centered realization.
No specific Yoga practice is stated here; the implied discipline is śravaṇa (reverent hearing) of Purāṇic teaching, which in the Kurma Purana becomes the foundation for later instructions on devotion, dharma, and Pāśupata-oriented contemplation.
It does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly; it establishes the Purāṇic framework in which the Kurma Purana later presents a Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava synthesis through Īśvara-centered teachings and shared dharmic authority.