Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 30
Snātaka and Gṛhastha-Dharma: Conduct, Marriage Norms, Daily Rites, and Liberating Virtues
विगर्हातिक्रमाक्षेपहिंसाबन्धवधात्मनाम् / अन्यमन्युसमुत्थानां दोषाणां मर्षणं क्षमा
vigarhātikramākṣepahiṃsābandhavadhātmanām / anyamanyusamutthānāṃ doṣāṇāṃ marṣaṇaṃ kṣamā
निंदा, अतिक्रमण, अपमान, हिंसा, बंधन व वधप्रयत्न—परस्पर क्रोधातून उठलेल्या दोषांना प्रतिशोध न घेता सहन करणे ही क्षमा होय.
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Purāṇic teaching on Dharma (contextual instruction attributed to the Kurma Purana’s didactic discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
By treating even severe harm as something to be borne with restraint, the verse implies an inner grounding in the Self beyond reactive anger—an Atman-centered steadiness that supports Dharma.
It highlights kṣamā as a foundational ethical discipline akin to yama/niyama: mastering anger, refusing retaliation, and cultivating mental equanimity—prerequisites for higher practice in Pashupata-oriented and Purāṇic Yoga.
Indirectly, it supports the Purāṇa’s non-sectarian synthesis: the same Dharma-virtue (kṣamā) is upheld as universally binding, aligning with both Shaiva and Vaishnava paths that demand inner conquest over anger.