Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 134
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
नाध्येतव्यमिदं शास्त्रं वृषलस्य च सन्निधौ / यो ऽधीते स तु मोहात्मा स याति नरकान् बहून्
nādhyetavyamidaṃ śāstraṃ vṛṣalasya ca sannidhau / yo 'dhīte sa tu mohātmā sa yāti narakān bahūn
Ang banal na śāstra na ito ay hindi dapat pag-aralan sa harap ng vṛṣala (yaong nasa labas ng hanggahan ng dharma). Sinumang mag-aral nito sa gayong kalagayan, na may isip na naliligaw, ay mapapasa maraming impiyerno.
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) instructing King Indradyumna (didactic narration on dharma and śāstra-adhyāya discipline)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
Indirectly: it prioritizes adhikāra (fitness) and sāttvika discipline for receiving śāstra, implying that right inner disposition is required for knowledge that culminates in realization of the Self.
No specific āsana or dhyāna is taught here; instead, it stresses preparatory niyamas—guarding the sanctity of scriptural study, cultivating purity of environment and company, which Kurma Purana links to effective Yoga and mantra-japa.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva-Viṣṇu unity; its shared Purāṇic thrust is that dharma and śāstra-discipline are universal prerequisites for the higher teachings that, elsewhere in the Kurma Purana, harmonize Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava paths.