Madhya-līlā

Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Verse 200 of 358
Cc Madhya 9.200

বিপ্রসভায শুনে তাঙ্হা কূর্মপুরাণ তার মধ্যে আইলা পতিব্রতাউপাখ্যান

विप्रसभाय शुने ताङ्हा कूर्मपुराण तार मध्ये आइला पतिव्रताउपाख्यान

vipra-sabhāya śune tāṅhā kūrma-purāṇa tāra madhye āilā pativratā-upākhyāna

Synonyms

vipra-sabhāyaamong the assembly of brāhmaṇas; śunehears; tāṅhāthere; kūrma-purāṇathe Kūrma Purāṇa; tāra madhyewithin that book; āilāthere was; pati-vratāof the chaste woman; upākhyānanarration..

Translation

There, among the brāhmaṇas, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard the Kūrma Purāṇa, wherein was mentioned the chaste woman's narration.

Purport

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura remarks that in the Kūrma Purāṇa there are only two khaṇḍas, namely the Pūrva-khaṇḍa and Uttara-khaṇḍa. Sometimes it is said that the Kūrma Purāṇa contains six thousand verses, but originally the Kūrma Purāṇa contains seventeen thousand verses. According to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, there are seventeen thousand verses in the Kūrma Purāṇa, which is one of the eighteen Mahā-purāṇas. The Kūrma Purāṇa is considered the fifteenth of these Mahā-purāṇas.

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