Shloka 41
Āvāhāryaka-Śrāddha: Qualifications of Recipients, Paṅkti-Pāvana, and Exclusions
कन्यादूषी कुण्डगोलौ अभिशस्तो ऽथ देवलः / मित्रध्रुक् पिशुनश्चैव नित्यं भार्यानुवर्तकः
kanyādūṣī kuṇḍagolau abhiśasto 'tha devalaḥ / mitradhruk piśunaścaiva nityaṃ bhāryānuvartakaḥ
Orang yang menodai gadis, yang lahir dari hubungan terlarang (kuṇḍa dan gola), yang dicela masyarakat, yang menjadi devala (pendeta yang mencari upah dari pelayanan arca), yang mengkhianati sahabat, yang suka mengadu domba, dan yang selalu dikuasai istri—mereka dipandang jatuh dan tercela.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing on dharma and social-ethical disqualifications (traditional chapter flow)
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames moral self-mastery as a prerequisite for higher spiritual pursuit; without ethical restraint, one remains unfit for the inward discipline by which the Self is realized.
No technique is taught directly; the verse supports the Kurma Purana’s yogic trajectory by stressing behavioral restraints—truthfulness, loyalty, non-harm, and self-control—as the ground for later yoga (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline).
It does not name either deity here; the synthesis is contextual—Kurma (Vishnu) teaches dharma that also undergirds Shaiva/Pāśupata soteriology in the Purana’s wider program.