Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 24
Jambūdvīpa Varṣas, Bhārata as Karmabhūmi, and the Sacred Hydro-Topography of Dharma
अयं तु नवमस्तेषां द्वीपः सागरसंवृतः / योजनानां सहस्त्रं तु द्वीपो ऽयं दक्षिणोत्तरः
ayaṃ tu navamasteṣāṃ dvīpaḥ sāgarasaṃvṛtaḥ / yojanānāṃ sahastraṃ tu dvīpo 'yaṃ dakṣiṇottaraḥ
Đây quả thật là hòn đảo (dvīpa) thứ chín trong số các đảo ấy, được đại dương bao bọc. Đảo này dài một nghìn do-tuần, trải từ phương nam đến phương bắc.
Suta (narrating the Purana; the geographic account is presented as part of the Kurma Purana’s discourse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily cosmographic, describing a dvīpa’s extent and oceanic enclosure; it does not directly teach Atman-doctrine, but it supports the Purana’s broader vision that the ordered cosmos is sustained by a supreme, regulating principle (Īśvara).
No explicit yoga practice is taught in this specific verse; it belongs to the Kurma Purana’s sacred-geography section rather than the Ishvara Gita or Pāśupata-yoga instructions.
This verse does not mention Shiva or Vishnu directly; its contribution is contextual—Kurma Purana integrates cosmology with devotion and dharma elsewhere, where Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis is stated more explicitly.