# Cc. Madhya 9.200 ## Text > vipra-sabhāya śune tāṅhā kūrma-purāṇa > tāra madhye āilā pativratā-upākhyāna ## Synonyms *vipra*-*sabhāya*—among the assembly of *brāhmaṇas*; *śune*—hears; *tāṅhā*—there; *kūrma*-*purāṇa*—the *Kūrma Purāṇa*; *tāra* *madhye*—within that book; *āilā*—there was; *pati*-*vratā*—of the chaste woman; *upākhyāna*—narration. ## Translation **There, among the brāhmaṇas, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu listened to the Kūrma Purāṇa, wherein was mentioned the chaste woman's narration.** ## Purport Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura remarks that only two *khaṇḍas* of the *Kūrma Purāṇa* are now available, namely the *Pūrva-khaṇḍa* and *Uttara-khaṇḍa.* Sometimes it is said that the *Kūrma Purāṇa* contains six thousand verses, but originally the *Kūrma Purāṇa* contained 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.*