Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3
Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
सूत उवाच वक्ष्ये नारायणेनोक्तं पूर्वकल्पानुषङ्गिकम् / त्रिकालबद्धं पापघ्नं प्रजासर्गस्य विस्तरम्
sūta uvāca vakṣye nārāyaṇenoktaṃ pūrvakalpānuṣaṅgikam / trikālabaddhaṃ pāpaghnaṃ prajāsargasya vistaram
Sūta dit : Je vais rapporter l’enseignement énoncé par Nārāyaṇa—lié aux récits des kalpa d’autrefois—scellé aux trois temps, destructeur des péchés, et décrivant en détail l’essor de la création des êtres.
Suta
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by attributing the teaching to Nārāyaṇa and calling it “sin-destroying,” the verse frames sacred knowledge as purifying and time-transcending (tri-kāla), preparing the listener for insight into the enduring reality behind changing creation.
No specific technique is stated; the practice implied is śravaṇa (reverent hearing) of Nārāyaṇa’s teaching, treated in Purāṇic tradition as a purificatory discipline that supports dharma and inner clarity—foundational for later Yoga-oriented instruction in the text.
This verse centers on Nārāyaṇa as the source of the account; within the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such narration functions as a shared theological frame in which cosmic creation and liberation teachings are presented without sectarian rupture.