Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 14
Kali-yuga Doṣas, the Supremacy of Rudra as Refuge, and the Closure of the Manvantara Teaching
शस्यचौरा भविष्यन्ति तथा चैलाभिमर्षिणः / चौराश्चौरस्य हर्तारो हर्तुर्हर्ता तथापरः
śasyacaurā bhaviṣyanti tathā cailābhimarṣiṇaḥ / caurāścaurasya hartāro harturhartā tathāparaḥ
کھڑی فصل چرانے والے چور ہوں گے اور کپڑے چھیننے والے بھی۔ چور چور کو لوٹیں گے؛ اور ایک لٹیرہ دوسرے لٹیرے سے لٹ جائے گا—لوٹ پر لوٹ ہوگی۔
Narrator (Purāṇic discourse describing Kali-yuga conditions, in the flow of the Kurma Purana dialogue tradition)
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
Indirectly: by portraying Kali-yuga as dominance of greed and mutual predation, it implies that forgetting the Atman (inner witness) leads to adharma; remembrance of the Self is the basis for restraint and dharmic conduct.
No specific technique is named in this verse; it functions as a diagnostic of Kali-yuga. In Kurma Purana’s broader teaching, such decline is countered by self-discipline (yama-niyama), devotion to Īśvara, and Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis practices associated with Pāśupata-oriented purification and dharma.
It does not explicitly mention Shiva or Vishnu; however, within the Kurma Purana’s non-sectarian frame, the remedy for Kali-yuga disorder is devotion to the one Īśvara revered as both Hari and Hara, restoring dharma through unified theistic practice.