[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.942 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.942 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.942 - **Language:** English ### [c5.942](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.942) KŪRMA PURĀNA. “That in which Janārdana (Vishnu), in the form of a tortoise, in the regions under the earth, explained the objects of life—duty, wealth, pleasure, and liberation,—in communication with Indra-dyumna and the Rishis in the proximity of Sakra, which refers to the Lakshmī Kalpa, and contains 17,000 stanzas, is the Kūrma Purāna.” The account which the Purāna gives of itself and its actual contents do not agree with this description. “The name being that of an Avatāra of Vishnu, might lead us to expect a Vaishnava work; but it is always and correctly classed with the Saiva Purānas, the greater portion of it inculcating the worship of Siva and Durgā. The date of this Purāna cannot be very remote.”—\*Wilson\*. - [Previous: c5.941](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.941) - [Next: c5.943](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.943) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.942](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.942) · Pramāṇa