Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 12
Kali-yuga Doṣas, the Supremacy of Rudra as Refuge, and the Closure of the Manvantara Teaching
अट्टशूला जनपदाः शिवशूलाश्चतुष्पथाः / प्रमदाः केशशूलिन्यो भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे
aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ śivaśūlāścatuṣpathāḥ / pramadāḥ keśaśūlinyo bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge
ကလိယုဂ၌ နယ်မြေဒေသများသည် ကိုက်ခဲနာကျင်သကဲ့သို့သော ဝေဒနာများဖြင့် ထိခိုက်မည်။ လမ်းဆုံလမ်းခွများတွင် «ရှီဝ၏ တြိရှူလ» အမှတ်အသားများ ပေါ်လာမည်။ မိန်းမတို့သည် ဆံပင်ကြောင့် နာကျင်ပူပန်မှုများ ခံစားရမည်—ဤသို့သော အခြေအနေများ ကလိယုဂ၌ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လိမ့်မည်။
Suta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s account to the sages at Naimisharanya, describing Kali-yuga portents)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
This verse does not directly teach Atman-doctrine; it functions as a diagnostic of Kali-yuga suffering, implying that when dharma and inner discipline decline, embodied life becomes dominated by duḥkha rather than Self-knowledge.
No specific practice is named in this line; as a Kali-yuga warning, it indirectly supports the Kurma Purana’s broader emphasis on sādhana—self-restraint, purity, and devotion to Ishvara (often framed through Shaiva-Vaishnava harmony and Pashupata-oriented discipline) as remedies to degeneration.
By invoking “Śiva’s trident” as a cultural-religious marker within a Vishnu-centered Purana, the verse reflects the Kurma Purana’s integrative tone, where Shaiva imagery comfortably appears within a Vaishnava narrative frame.