Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 145
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
सनत्कुमाराद् भगवान् मुनिः सत्यवतीसुतः / लेभे पुराणं परमं व्यासः सर्वार्थसंचयम्
sanatkumārād bhagavān muniḥ satyavatīsutaḥ / lebhe purāṇaṃ paramaṃ vyāsaḥ sarvārthasaṃcayam
Từ Sanatkumāra, bậc thánh hiền đáng tôn kính—Vyāsa, con của Satyavatī—đã thọ nhận bộ Purāṇa tối thượng này, kho tàng gom tụ tinh yếu của mọi mục đích và ý nghĩa.
Purāṇic narrator (Sūta-style lineage narration; not a direct dialogue line of Kurma here)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by calling the Purāṇa “sarvārtha-saṃcaya,” it frames the teaching as encompassing the highest puruṣārtha—mokṣa—whose realization is classically tied to knowing the Self (ātman) beyond limited aims.
No single practice is named in this verse; it establishes textual lineage and authority, preparing the ground for later Kurma Purana teachings—especially Pāśupata-leaning disciplines and devotion-driven contemplation that culminate in liberation.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; instead, it legitimizes the Kurma Purana’s comprehensive scope—within which the Purāṇa later presents a Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis (unity of the supreme reality approached through multiple theistic forms).