Shloka 92
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
दक्षस्य च प्रजासर्गः कश्यपस्य महात्मनः / हिरण्यकशिपोर्नाशो हिरण्याक्षवधस्तथा
dakṣasya ca prajāsargaḥ kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ / hiraṇyakaśipornāśo hiraṇyākṣavadhastathā
ได้พรรณนาถึงการกำเนิดหมู่ประชาของทักษะ และการสรรค์สร้างของมหาตมันกัศยปะ; อีกทั้งความพินาศของหิรัณยกศิปุ และการสังหารหิรัณยากษะด้วย
Sūta (narrator) summarizing the Kurma Purana’s topics to the sages
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
Indirectly: by listing cosmic creation (prajā-sarga) and the downfall of egoic demonic powers, it frames the Purana’s teaching that the Supreme governs both manifestation and dissolution, while the Self remains the witness beyond these cycles.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it functions as a table-of-contents line. In the Kurma Purana’s broader arc, such narratives support vairāgya (dispassion) and devotion—foundational attitudes for disciplines like Pāśupata-oriented restraint and contemplation.
Not explicitly; it signals shared Purāṇic themes—creation through Prajāpatis and the defeat of adharma—within which the Kurma Purana elsewhere presents a Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis: one Supreme reality honored through both Śiva and Nārāyaṇa.