Kurma Purana
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The Kurma Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, is a Hindu religious text. It is believed to have been directly narrated by the Lord Vishnu to the sage Narada, and it contains the details about the Kurma avatara. Narada is believed to have stated the contents of this Puranas to Suta, who narrated this Purana to an assembly of great sages.
[edit] The contents
According to the tradition, the Kūrma Purāṇa originally consisted of four saṁhitās (sections): the Brāhmī Saṁhitā, the Bhāgavatī Saṁhitā, the Saurī Saṁhitā and the Vaiṣṇavī Saṁhitā. The extant text is the Brāhmī Saṁhitā section of the original text. The Nārada Purāṇa gives a brief overview of these four sections. According to this text, the Brāhmī Saṁhitā consisted 6000 ślokas, the Bhāgavatī Saṁhitā consisted 4000 ślokas and was divided into five pādas (sub-sections), the Saurī Saṁhitā had 2000 ślokas and was divided into six pādas and the Vaiṣṇavī Saṁhitā had 5000 ślokas and was divided into four pādas.
The printed editions of this text are divided into two parts, the Pūrvabhāga and the Uttarabhāga. The Pūrvabhāga has 53 chapters and the Uttarabhāga has 46 chapters.
[edit] Further reading
- Mani, Vettam. Puranic Encyclopedia. 1st English ed. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1975.
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