Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 15
Dharma of Non-Injury, Non-Stealing, Purity, and Avoidance of Hypocrisy (Ācāra and Saṅkarya-Nivṛtti)
पाषण्डिनो विकर्मस्थान् वामाचारांस्तथैव च / पञ्चरात्रान् पाशुपतान् वाङ्मात्रेणापि नार्चयेत्
pāṣaṇḍino vikarmasthān vāmācārāṃstathaiva ca / pañcarātrān pāśupatān vāṅmātreṇāpi nārcayet
No debe honrarse—ni siquiera con meras palabras—a los sectarios y herejes, a quienes están asentados en actos prohibidos y a los que siguen la vía de la mano izquierda; del mismo modo, en este contexto de culto prescrito, no se ha de rendir reverencia a los adherentes del Pañcarātra ni a los Pāśupatas.
Narratorial/śāstric instruction within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching frame (traditionally conveyed in the Kurma Purana dialogue setting).
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
It does not directly define Ātman; it emphasizes dharmic discernment (viveka) in worship—maintaining śāstric boundaries and avoiding endorsement of paths judged incompatible with the text’s prescribed discipline.
No specific yogic technique is taught in this verse; it functions as an ācāra-vidhi rule—cautioning that spiritual practice must be supported by right conduct and that one should not legitimize (even verbally) systems deemed deviant in this chapter’s framework.
It does not present a unity teaching explicitly; rather, it shows the Purana’s concern for regulated worship boundaries while naming both Vaiṣṇava (Pañcarātra) and Śaiva (Pāśupata) streams—indicating a polemical, context-specific restriction rather than a universal denial of either tradition.