7. Kūrma Purāṇa 1

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7. Kūrma Purāṇa 1

First revision: Jun.5, 2025

Last change: Mar.6, 2026

Searched, Gathered, Rearranged, Translated, and Compiled by Apirak Kanchanakongkha.

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Chapter 1(1)(1)

(Indradyumna’s salvation)

The Kūrma Purāṇa starts. This is a description of Indradyumna’s salvation. OUM. I prostrate myself before the immeasurable Viṣṇu, who assumed the form of Kūrma.¹ I will narrate the Purāṇa recited by the origin of the universe. At the end of the sacrifice, the Mahāṛṣis (महार्षि)² in Naimiṣa (नैमिषारण्य) asked the unblemished Sūta, Romaharṣaṇa, about the sacred Purāṇa Saṃhitā to the sages. At the time of Svayambhu’s long sacrifice, when the soma juice was extracted, to speak about the Saṃhitā, through his portion,
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^1. Kūrma means tortoise/turtle, and this is a reference to Viṣṇu’s Kūrma avatāra (incarnation).
^2. Great sages.
^3. Sūtas (सूत) were bards and raconteurs and also charioteers. Romaharṣaṇa (रोमहर्षण), equivalently Lomaharṣaṇa (लोमहर्षण), obtained his name because his recitals made the body hair of his listeners stand up. Alternatively, his body hair stood up. Saṃhitā (संहिता) means a collection. Here it refers to Kūrma Purāṇa.
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