Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 9
Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
विहस्य दक्षं कुपितो वचः प्राह महामुनिः / शृण्वतां सर्वदेवानां सर्वज्ञानमयः स्वयम्
vihasya dakṣaṃ kupito vacaḥ prāha mahāmuniḥ / śṛṇvatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ sarvajñānamayaḥ svayam
Da sprach der große Weise—lächelnd und doch erzürnt—zu Dakṣa, während alle Götter zuhörten; er selbst, die Verkörperung der Allwissenheit, redete.
Mahāmuniḥ (the great sage) addressing Dakṣa in the presence of the devas
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: hasya
FAQs
By calling the speaker “sarvajñānamayaḥ,” the verse points to a realized, knowledge-suffused consciousness—an archetype of awakened insight that Purāṇic theology often aligns with the Self’s illuminating power.
No specific technique is prescribed in this verse; it frames the authority of a seer whose speech arises from realized knowledge—an important prerequisite in Yoga-śāstra where right instruction (śravaṇa) and discernment are grounded in jñāna.
Indirectly: the Dakṣa-sacrifice setting commonly serves the Kurma Purana’s synthetic theology, where sectarian pride is corrected by higher knowledge—supporting a non-antagonistic, integrative Shaiva–Vaishnava vision.