Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27
Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
असतां प्रग्रहो यत्र सतां चैव विमानना / दण्डो देवकृतस्तत्र सद्यः पतति दारुणः
asatāṃ pragraho yatra satāṃ caiva vimānanā / daṇḍo devakṛtastatra sadyaḥ patati dāruṇaḥ
جہاں بدکاروں کی سرپرستی ہو اور نیکوں کی توہین کی جائے، وہاں دیوتاؤں کا مقرر کردہ ہولناک عذاب فوراً نازل ہوتا ہے۔
Narratorial/Didactic voice (Purāṇic instruction to the listener; traditionally framed through the Sūta–sage discourse)
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
Indirectly: it stresses moral order (dharma) as a cosmic principle—dishonoring the sat (truth/virtue) and empowering asat (falsehood) disrupts that order, inviting swift corrective consequence, which in many Purāṇic frames is aligned with the governance of the Supreme through devas and karma.
No specific technique is taught here; it provides an ethical prerequisite for Yoga—sat-saṅga (honoring the virtuous) and satya-alignment. In the Kurma Purana’s broader soteriology (including later Pāśupata-oriented material), inner discipline is supported by outward dharmic discernment: not patronizing adharma and not humiliating sādhus.
It does not name Shiva or Vishnu explicitly; it reflects a shared Purāṇic, non-sectarian dharma principle upheld across Shaiva and Vaishnava traditions: divine governance (deva-kṛta daṇḍa) protects sat and restrains asat, consistent with the Kurma Purana’s integrative theological tone.