Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 46
Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
सर्वे वृषासनारूढाः सभार्याश्चातिभीषणाः / समावृत्य गणश्रेष्ठं ययुर्दक्षमखं प्रति
sarve vṛṣāsanārūḍhāḥ sabhāryāścātibhīṣaṇāḥ / samāvṛtya gaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ yayurdakṣamakhaṃ prati
Tous, montés sur des taureaux, terrifiants et accompagnés de leurs épouses, entourèrent le plus éminent des Gaṇas et se dirigèrent vers le sacrifice de Dakṣa.
Sūta (narrator) relating the Purāṇic account to the sages
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames the cosmic drama where ritual power (yajña) is subordinate to the Supreme Lord’s order; the Atman/Ishvara stands beyond social and sacrificial arrangements, and the gaṇas function as instruments of that higher sovereignty.
No explicit yogic technique is taught in this line; however, the verse supports a Pāśupata-leaning ethic where devotion and allegiance to Mahādeva’s will take precedence over mere external ritualism—an attitude later harmonized with yogic discipline in the Kurma Purana’s broader teaching.
Though Shiva is implied via the gaṇas, the Kurma Purana’s synthesis reads such episodes as illustrating one supreme governance expressed through different divine forms—ritual order and its correction serving a unified dharmic purpose rather than sectarian conflict.