Shloka 143
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
ब्रह्मणा कथितं पूर्वं सनकाय च धीमते / सनत्कुमाराय तथा सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
brahmaṇā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ sanakāya ca dhīmate / sanatkumārāya tathā sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
આ ઉપદેશ પૂર્વે બ્રહ્માએ ધીમાન સનકને કહ્યો હતો, તેમજ સનત્કુમારને પણ—આ સર્વ પાપોનો નાશ કરનાર છે।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator continuing the Kurma Purana dialogue frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it stresses that liberating knowledge is preserved through an authoritative lineage (Brahmā → Sanaka/Sanatkumāra), implying that true insight into the Self is received via śāstra and realized teaching rather than mere opinion.
The verse itself highlights transmission, not a technique; in the Kurma Purana’s yogic frame, such ‘sarva-pāpa-praṇāśana’ instruction typically supports disciplined practice (yama-niyama, devotion, and contemplative absorption) taught by realized sages in a paramparā.
It does so implicitly: by grounding the teaching in Brahmā and the Sanaka sages, the Purana presents a shared, pan-sectarian authority for dharma and yoga—consistent with the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis rather than a sectarian divide.