Shloka 51
Genealogies from Purūravas to the Haihayas; Jayadhvaja’s Vaiṣṇava Resolve, Sage-Adjudication, and the Slaying of Videha
तन्नादश्रवणान्मर्त्यास्तत्र ये निवसन्ति ते / तत्यजुर्जोवितं त्वन्ये दुद्रुवुर्भयविह्वलाः
tannādaśravaṇānmartyāstatra ye nivasanti te / tatyajurjovitaṃ tvanye dudruvurbhayavihvalāḥ
तो भयंकर नाद ऐकून तेथील रहिवासी मनुष्यांपैकी काहींनी प्राण सोडले; आणि इतर भयाने व्याकुळ होऊन पळून गेले।
Sūta (narrator) continuing the Kurma Purana narrative description
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
Indirectly: it contrasts the fear-bound mortal condition (subject to shock, death, and flight) with the later Kurma Purana teaching that the Self is steady and unattached; fear arises when consciousness identifies with the perishable body-mind.
No explicit practice is taught in this line; however, it implicitly underscores why Yoga is needed—without steadiness (dhāraṇā/dhyāna) the mind collapses into bhaya (fear). Later Kurma Purana teachings frame such steadiness through disciplined Yoga and devotion to Īśvara.
This verse is purely narrative and does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu; in the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such fear-filled worldly upheavals are resolved by turning to the one Supreme Īśvara revered through both Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms.