Shloka 37
Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
एवं विज्ञापितो देव्या देवो देववरः प्रभुः / ससर्ज सहसा रुद्रं दक्षयज्ञजिघांसया
evaṃ vijñāpito devyā devo devavaraḥ prabhuḥ / sasarja sahasā rudraṃ dakṣayajñajighāṃsayā
ദേവി ഇങ്ങനെ അപേക്ഷിച്ചതോടെ ദേവന്മാരിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ പ്രഭു ദക്ഷയജ്ഞം നശിപ്പിക്കാനുള്ള ഉദ്ദേശത്തോടെ ഉടൻ രുദ്രനെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു.
Purāṇic narrator (Vyāsa/Sūta-style narration within the Kurma Purana’s Dakṣa-yajña episode)
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents the Supreme as an active, sovereign principle (prabhu) who, while transcendent, can manifest a divine force (Rudra) to restore dharma—showing the Atman/Iśvara as both beyond and capable of purposeful action.
No direct practice is taught in this verse; instead it supplies the theological ground for Kurma Purana’s later disciplines—yoga and dharma are meaningful because the Lord upholds cosmic order and responds to adharma.
It frames Rudra as a divinely manifested power serving cosmic order, supporting the Kurma Purana’s synthetic outlook where Śiva-Rudra functions in harmony with the supreme lordship that Vaishnavas identify with Viṣṇu.