Shloka 9
Agnihotra, Seasonal Śrauta Duties, and the Authority of Śruti–Smṛti–Purāṇa
अन्यांश्च नरकान् घोरान् संप्राप्यान्ते सुदुर्मतिः / अन्त्यजानां कुले विप्राः शूद्रयोनौ च जायते
anyāṃśca narakān ghorān saṃprāpyānte sudurmatiḥ / antyajānāṃ kule viprāḥ śūdrayonau ca jāyate
બીજા ભયંકર નરકો પણ ભોગવીને અંતે તે દુષ્ટબુદ્ધિ પુરુષ—હે વિપ્રો—અંત્યજોના કુળમાં અને શૂદ્ર યોનિમાં જન્મે છે.
Sūta (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
Indirectly: it emphasizes karmic causality at the level of embodied life—painful naraka-experiences and lower social births follow adharma—implying that liberation requires turning from ignorance-driven action toward Self-knowledge and dharma.
No technique is named, but the verse supports the Kurma Purana’s yogic foundation: purification through ethical restraint (yama), disciplined conduct, and repentance, without which higher yoga (including Pāśupata-oriented devotion and contemplation) cannot bear fruit.
This specific verse is ethical-karmic rather than sectarian; in the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, such karmaphala teaching is upheld as a shared dharma framework under the one Supreme Lord revered as both Śiva and Viṣṇu.