Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 29
Meru-Topography: Cities of Brahmā and the Dikpālas; Descent of Gaṅgā; Varṣa-Lotus and Boundary Mountains
सा तत्र पतिता दिक्षु चतुर्धा ह्यभवद् द्विजाः / सीता चालकनन्दा च सुचक्षुर्भद्रनामिका
sā tatra patitā dikṣu caturdhā hyabhavad dvijāḥ / sītā cālakanandā ca sucakṣurbhadranāmikā
她在彼处坠落，向四方流散，噢二次生者；遂化为四道水流，名为悉多（Sītā）、恰拉迦难陀（Cālakanandā）、苏恰克舒（Sucakṣus）与跋陀罗（Bhadrā）。
Narrator/Sage addressing the brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ) within the Purāṇic discourse
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily geographic and etiological: it explains how a single sacred flow manifests as four rivers. Indirectly, Purāṇic tradition often uses such “one becoming many” imagery to support the idea that a single reality can appear in multiple forms without losing its unity.
No explicit yogic technique is taught in this verse. Its practical spiritual emphasis is tirtha-oriented: pilgrimage and reverence to sacred waters as supportive disciplines within varṇāśrama-dharma, which the Kurma Purana integrates with broader yogic and devotional aims.
The verse itself names rivers and does not mention Shiva or Vishnu directly. In the Kurma Purana’s overall Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, such sacred-geography passages function as a shared dharmic ground where devotion and merit (puṇya) are accessible to all sectarian paths.