Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 34
Durjaya, Urvaśī, and the Expiation at Vārāṇasī
Genealogy and Sin-Removal through Viśveśvara
श्रुत्वैतद् व्याहृतं तेन गच्छेत्याह हितैषिणी / शापं दास्यति ते कण्वो ममापि भवतः प्रिया
śrutvaitad vyāhṛtaṃ tena gacchetyāha hitaiṣiṇī / śāpaṃ dāsyati te kaṇvo mamāpi bhavataḥ priyā
Nang marinig ang kanyang mga salita, ang babaeng may mabuting hangarin ay nagsabi, “Humayo ka.” Idinugtong pa niya, “Tiyak na magbibigay ng sumpa si Kaṇva sa iyo—bagaman ako man ay mahal mo.”
A well-wishing woman (hitaiṣiṇī) within the narrative frame (as recounted in the Kurma Purana’s dialogue tradition)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
Indirectly, it points to karmic causality in embodied life: speech and action bring results (like a curse), while the Atman remains the witness beyond such reactions—a common Purāṇic frame that later supports yoga-based self-knowledge.
No explicit practice is taught in this verse; instead it provides narrative groundwork—showing how ethical choices and consequences motivate vairāgya (dispassion), which the Kurma Purana later connects to disciplined yoga and devotion in its Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis.
It does not directly mention Shiva or Vishnu; it functions as a dharma-focused narrative moment. In the Kurma Purana’s broader theology, such moral causality is integrated into the shared Shaiva-Vaishnava vision where devotion and yoga lead beyond karmic entanglement.