Shloka 138
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
यो ऽश्रद्दधाने पुरुषे दद्याच्चाधार्मिके तथा / स प्रेत्य गत्वा निरयान् शुनां योनिं व्रजत्यधः
yo 'śraddadhāne puruṣe dadyāccādhārmike tathā / sa pretya gatvā nirayān śunāṃ yoniṃ vrajatyadhaḥ
योऽश्रद्दधाने पुरुषे दद्याच्चाधार्मिके तथा। स प्रेत्य निरयान् गत्वा शुनां योनिं व्रजत्यधः॥
Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s teaching on dāna-dharma as received from the sages)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames moral causality (karma-phala) as governing post-death states; the Atman is not “punished,” but embodied experience descends when actions are performed without śraddhā and dharma.
No specific āsana or dhyāna is taught in this verse; it supports the yogic discipline of purity and right intention—śraddhā and ethical discernment (viveka) in action—seen as prerequisites for higher sādhana in the Kurma Purana’s broader teaching.
It does not explicitly discuss Shiva–Vishnu unity; it reinforces a shared Purāṇic dharma framework in which both Shaiva and Vaishnava traditions emphasize śraddhā, righteous conduct, and the karmic results of misdirected dāna.