Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 34
Yuga-Dharma: The Four Ages, Decline of Dharma, and the Rise of Social Order
तेन ता वर्तयन्ति स्म त्रेतायुगमुखे प्रिजाः / हृष्टपुष्टास्तया सिद्ध्या सर्वा वै विगतज्वराः
tena tā vartayanti sma tretāyugamukhe prijāḥ / hṛṣṭapuṣṭāstayā siddhyā sarvā vai vigatajvarāḥ
اسی طریقِ دین سے تریتا یُگ کے آغاز میں لوگ زندگی بسر کرتے تھے؛ اُس سِدھی سے سب خوش و توانا ہوئے اور یقیناً ہر طرح کے جَور و رنج سے پاک ہو گئے۔
Sūta (narrator) recounting the Purāṇic account to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it presents dharma-yukta living as producing inner and outer cooling (vigata-jvara). In the Kurma Purana’s synthesis, such purification prepares the mind for Self-knowledge (ātma-jñāna) taught more explicitly in the Ishvara Gītā.
The verse emphasizes disciplined conduct (ācāra) and its siddhi (efficacy). In Kurma Purana terms, sustained observance—aligned with yuga-dharma and supported by yoga-shastra—purifies the being, yielding steadiness, vitality, and freedom from ‘jvara’ (both disease and the burning of rajas/tamas).
It does so implicitly through the shared Purāṇic ethic: dharma-yoga produces siddhi and wellbeing regardless of sectarian framing. This harmonizes with the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, where devotion and discipline lead toward the same highest good.