Vamana Purana — Shiva's Kedara Tirtha, Shloka 69
Shiva’s Kedara-Tirtha and the Rise of Mura: From Shaiva Pilgrimage to Vaishnava Theology
पुलस्त्य उवाच/ धर्मस्य भार्याहिंसाख्या तस्यां पुत्रचतुष्टयम् संजातं मुनिसार्दुल योगशास्त्रविचारकम्
pulastya uvāca/ dharmasya bhāryāhiṃsākhyā tasyāṃ putracatuṣṭayam saṃjātaṃ munisārdula yogaśāstravicārakam
Pulastya sprach: „Die Gattin Dharmas hieß Ahiṃsā. Von ihr, o Tiger unter den Weisen, wurden vier Söhne geboren—Prüfer und Ausleger der Yoga-Lehre und der Śāstras.“
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FAQs
Purāṇas often personify virtues to teach that ethical principles are generative and interconnected. Making Ahiṃsā the consort of Dharma signals that non-violence is not merely one virtue among many but a sustaining partner of righteousness itself.
This verse introduces them but does not name them. In many Purāṇic passages, such a ‘catuṣṭaya’ functions as a doctrinal set (a quartet of teachers or principles) associated with yoga and śāstric inquiry; their specific identities are typically supplied in subsequent verses.
It indicates they are not merely practitioners but interpreters and analysts—figures who systematize, examine, and teach yoga and related śāstric disciplines, aligning spiritual practice with dharma.