Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28
Yuga-Dharma: The Four Ages, Decline of Dharma, and the Rise of Social Order
सर्वप्रत्युपयोगस्तु तासां तेभ्यः प्रजायते / वर्तयन्ति स्म तेभ्यस्तास्त्रेतायुगमुखे प्रजाः
sarvapratyupayogastu tāsāṃ tebhyaḥ prajāyate / vartayanti sma tebhyastāstretāyugamukhe prajāḥ
انہی سے اور انہی کے ذریعے ہر طرح کا باہمی فائدہ اور عملی استعمال پیدا ہوا؛ اور تریتا یُگ کے آغاز میں رعایا اسی کے مطابق اپنی زندگی اور نظم چلاتی تھی۔
Suta (narrator) conveying the Kurma Purana’s account of yuga-wise dharma
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
This verse is primarily socio-cosmic rather than directly metaphysical: it frames how dharma-based institutions generate “all practical applications” for human life. In Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, such ordered dharma supports inner purification that later enables Atman-realization through yoga and devotion.
No specific yogic technique is named here. The verse functions as groundwork: it emphasizes structured dharma and disciplined conduct as the enabling conditions that, in the Kurma Purana’s larger teaching (including Pashupata-oriented yoga themes), mature into sādhana such as restraint, purity, and devotion.
The verse does not explicitly mention Shiva or Vishnu; its focus is yuga-wise societal dharma. In the Kurma Purana’s overall Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such dharma is upheld as a divine ordinance that supports both Śaiva (Pāśupata) and Vaiṣṇava paths toward liberation.