Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 30

Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice

Devanagari script

भविष्यध्वं त्रयीबाह्याः सर्वे ऽपीश्वरविद्विषः / निन्दन्तो ह्यैश्वरं मार्गं कुशास्त्रासक्तमानसाः

Transliteration

bhaviṣyadhvaṃ trayībāhyāḥ sarve 'pīśvaravidviṣaḥ / nindanto hyaiśvaraṃ mārgaṃ kuśāstrāsaktamānasāḥ

Translation

«Ihr alle werdet ‘außerhalb der vedischen Dreiheit’ werden—ja, ihr alle werdet Hasser des Herrn sein—ihr schmäht den eigenen Pfad des Herrn, mit dem Geist an verkehrte und irreführende Schriften gekettet.»

Word by Word

• भविष्यध्वम्: you shall become
• भविष्यध्वम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रयीबाह्याः: outside the three Vedas
• त्रयीबाह्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयी (प्रातिपदिक) + बाह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (trayīyāḥ bāhyāḥ = outside the Vedic triad) विशेषणम् (यूयम्)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• ईश्वरविद्विषः: haters of the Lord
• ईश्वरविद्विषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• निन्दन्तः: reviling
• निन्दन्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निन्द् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), परस्मैपद; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तरि

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle, emphasis/causal)

• ऐश्वरम्: divine (of the Lord)
• ऐश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aiśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मार्गम्)

• मार्गम्: path
• मार्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कुशास्त्रासक्तमानसाः: whose minds are attached to bad treatises
• कुशास्त्रासक्तमानसाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आसक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समासः (kuśāstre āsaktaṃ mānasaṃ yeṣām) विशेषणम् (सर्वे)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) speaking in an admonitory/prophetic tone within the Purva-bhaga narrative

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Ishvara (Īśvara)
• Trayī (the Vedic triad)

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it frames true spiritual orientation as devotion to and alignment with Īśvara’s mārga; hostility to Īśvara and attachment to kuśāstra is portrayed as a fall into error, implying that realization must remain Īśvara-centered rather than anti-theistic or Veda-external.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific technique is listed; the verse emphasizes the prerequisite of right doctrine and right allegiance—following the aiśvara-mārga (the Lord’s ordained path) rather than kuśāstra—an essential foundation for any Kurma Purana yoga-discipline, including later Shaiva-Vaishnava syntheses such as Pāśupata-oriented practice.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

By centering authority in Īśvara’s mārga rather than sectarian polemic: the Kurma Purana commonly treats the Lord’s path as a unified theistic dharma compatible with Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, while rejecting anti-Īśvara, Veda-external ideologies.