Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8
Dakṣa-yajña-bhaṅgaḥ — Dadhīci’s Teaching and the Destruction of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice
दक्ष उवाच सर्वेष्वेव हि यज्ञेषु न भागः परिकल्पितः / न मन्त्रा भार्यया सार्धं शङ्करस्येति नेज्यते
dakṣa uvāca sarveṣveva hi yajñeṣu na bhāgaḥ parikalpitaḥ / na mantrā bhāryayā sārdhaṃ śaṅkarasyeti nejyate
دکش نے کہا—تمام یَجْیوں میں شَنکر کے لیے کوئی حصہ مقرر نہیں کیا گیا؛ اور بیوی کے ساتھ منتر پڑھ کر شَنکر کی پوجا بھی نہیں کی جاتی۔
Daksha
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
Indirectly: by showing Dakṣa’s ritualistic pride and exclusion of Śiva, the narrative sets up the Purāṇic correction that the Supreme is not confined to ritual allotments; the highest reality transcends sectarian and sacrificial accounting.
No specific yogic technique is taught in this line; it functions as a narrative contrast—mere ritualism and ego-driven yajña are shown as insufficient, preparing the ground for inner discipline (yoga) and devotion emphasized elsewhere in the Kūrma Purāṇa.
It presents a temporary, story-level sectarian exclusion of Śiva by Dakṣa, which the broader Kūrma Purāṇa later resolves through a synthesis where Śiva is not outside dharma but integral to the same supreme principle honored by Vaiṣṇava theology.