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

«Vous deviendrez tous ‘hors de la triade védique’ : oui, vous serez tous des ennemis du Seigneur, dénigrant la voie même du Seigneur, l’esprit attaché à des traités dévoyés et trompeurs.»

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.