Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 49
Yuga-Dharma: The Four Ages, Decline of Dharma, and the Rise of Social Order
द्वापरेष्वथ विद्यन्ते मतिभेदाः सदा नृणाम् / रागो लोभस्तथा युद्धं तत्त्वानामविनिश्चयः
dvāpareṣvatha vidyante matibhedāḥ sadā nṛṇām / rāgo lobhastathā yuddhaṃ tattvānāmaviniścayaḥ
Ngunit sa kapanahunang Dvāpara, laging may pagkakaiba-iba ng pag-iisip sa mga tao; sumisibol ang pagnanasa (rāga) at kasakiman, kasabay ng alitan at digmaan, at hindi matiyak nang matibay ang mga tattva, ang tunay na mga simulain.
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) instructing sages (Kurma Purana yuga-dharma discourse context)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
Indirectly: it says that in Dvāpara people fail to decisively ascertain tattvas, implying that clear discrimination of the Self (ātma-tattva) from transient passions and opinions becomes difficult and requires disciplined discernment.
The verse itself diagnoses the problem—rāga, lobha, and tattva-confusion. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, this points to Yoga and jñāna-based disciplines (tattva-vicāra, self-restraint, and devotion to Īśvara) as the corrective to mental division and conflict.
It does not name Shiva or Vishnu explicitly; however, within the Kurma Purana’s unified Īśvara-teaching framework, the remedy to “tattvānām aviniścayaḥ” is knowledge and devotion to the one Supreme Lord revered through both Shaiva and Vaishnava lenses.