Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 36
Yuga-Dharma: The Four Ages, Decline of Dharma, and the Rise of Social Order
तासां तेनापचारेण पुनर्लोभकृतेन वै / प्रणष्टामधुना सार्धं कल्पवृक्षाः क्वचित् क्वचित्
tāsāṃ tenāpacāreṇa punarlobhakṛtena vai / praṇaṣṭāmadhunā sārdhaṃ kalpavṛkṣāḥ kvacit kvacit
వారిపట్ల చేసిన ఆ అపచారముచేత, మరల లోభమువలన, మధువుతో కూడిన కల్పవృక్షాలు ఎక్కడెక్కడో అంతర్ధానమయ్యాయి।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator recounting the episode within the Kurma Purana’s dialogue frame)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
Indirectly: it teaches that external boons (like kalpavṛkṣas) are unstable when the mind is ruled by aparādha and lobha; the purāṇic aim is to turn the seeker from perishable enjoyments toward the steady inner Self realized through dharma and yoga.
This verse itself is ethical rather than technical-yogic: it highlights restraint (saṃyama) over greed and careful conduct (ācāra). In Kurma Purana’s broader yoga-śāstra framing, such self-control is a prerequisite for higher practices like dhyāna and īśvara-bhakti.
Not explicitly; however, the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis frames moral causality (karma-dharma) as a shared teaching across both traditions—offence and greed obscure divine grace regardless of sectarian identity.