Shloka 10
Śrāddha-Kāla-Nirṇaya: Proper Times, Nakṣatra Fruits, Tīrtha Merit, and Offerings for Ancestral Rites
रौद्राणां कर्मणां सिद्धिमार्द्रायां शौर्यमेव च / पुनर्वसौ तथा भूमिं श्रियं पुष्ये तथैव च
raudrāṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ siddhimārdrāyāṃ śauryameva ca / punarvasau tathā bhūmiṃ śriyaṃ puṣye tathaiva ca
आर्द्रायां रौद्रकर्मसिद्धिः शौर्यं च जायते। पुनर्वसौ भूमिलाभः, पुष्ये च श्रियः प्राप्तिः॥
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Purāṇic teaching on nakshatra-based karma-phala
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it focuses on karma-phala—how specific outcomes (siddhi, śaurya, bhūmi, śrī) are associated with particular nakshatras—implying a dharmic universe where actions ripen into results within an ordered cosmic framework.
No explicit yoga technique is taught in this verse. Indirectly, it supports disciplined timing and intentionality (saṅkalpa) in dharmic action—an auxiliary principle often harmonized with sādhana in the Kurma Purana’s broader spiritual guidance.
It does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly. Within the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such cosmological/ritual teachings are typically framed as part of one integrated dharma upheld by the same Supreme reality, even when specific deities are not named.