Madhya 9.200

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বিপ্র-সভায় শুনে তাঁহা কূর্ম-পুরাণ ।
তার মধ্যে আইলা পতিব্রতা-উপাখ্যান ॥ ২০০ ॥

vipra-sabhaya sune taṅha kurma-purana

tara madhye aila pativrata-upakhyana

SYNONYMS

vipra-sabhaya-among the assembly of brahmanas; sune-hears; taṅha-there; kurma-purana-the Kurma Purana; tara madhye-within that book; aila-there was; pati-vrata-of the chaste woman; upakhyana-narration.

TRANSLATION

There, among the brahmanas, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu heard the Kurma Purana, wherein was mentioned the chaste woman's narration.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura remarks that in the Kurma Purana there are only two khandas, namely the Purva-khanda and Uttara-khanda. Sometimes it is said that the Kurma Purana contains six thousand verses, but originally the Kurma Purana contains seventeen thousand verses. According to Srimad-Bhagavatam, there are seventeen thousand verses in the Kurma Purana, which is one of the eighteen Maha-puranas. The Kurma Purana is considered the fifteenth of these Maha-puranas.

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