Shloka 62
Svāyambhuva Lineage to Dakṣa; Pṛthu’s Devotion; Pāśupata Saṃnyāsa; Dakṣa–Satī Episode
त्यक्त्वा देहमिमं ब्रह्मन् क्षत्रियाणां कुलोद्भवः / स्वस्यां सुतायां मूढात्मा पुत्रमुत्पादयिष्यसि
tyaktvā dehamimaṃ brahman kṣatriyāṇāṃ kulodbhavaḥ / svasyāṃ sutāyāṃ mūḍhātmā putramutpādayiṣyasi
اے برہمن! اس بدن کو چھوڑ کر، اگرچہ تو کشتریہ خاندان میں پیدا ہوا ہے، پھر بھی فریبِ نفس میں اپنی ہی بیٹی سے بیٹا پیدا کرے گا۔
Narrator/Sage (Purana-vakta) delivering a prophetic admonition (addressing a Brahmin/sage as 'brahman')
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
This verse is primarily ethical and prophetic, focusing on delusion (mūḍhatā) that leads to adharma; it implies that loss of discernment (viveka) veils right understanding, which in later Kurma Purana teaching is corrected by dharma and yoga leading toward Self-knowledge.
No direct yoga technique is taught in this line; it functions as a dharmic caution—misguided desire and confusion are obstacles that later Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis sections address through discipline, purification, and devotion aligned with dharma.
This verse does not explicitly mention Shiva or Vishnu; its role is to uphold dharma as the shared foundation upon which the Kurma Purana later presents Shiva–Vishnu harmony and integrated spiritual practice.