Shloka 27
Kali-yuga Doṣas, the Supremacy of Rudra as Refuge, and the Closure of the Manvantara Teaching
कुर्वान्ति चावताराणि ब्राह्मणानां कुलेषु वै / दधीचशापनिर्दग्धाः पुरा दक्षाध्वरे द्विजाः
kurvānti cāvatārāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ kuleṣu vai / dadhīcaśāpanirdagdhāḥ purā dakṣādhvare dvijāḥ
وہ برہمنوں کے خاندانوں ہی میں اوتار لیتے ہیں۔ قدیم زمانے میں دکش کے یَجْن میں وہ دْوِج ددھیچی کے شاپ سے جھلس گئے تھے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic recitation tradition, commonly Sūta to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
This verse is primarily historical and genealogical; it does not directly define Ātman. Indirectly, it reinforces the Purāṇic view that divine agency can manifest (avatāra) within human lineages, while karmic law—here shown as a sage’s curse—operates within the world-order (dharma).
No explicit yoga practice is taught in this verse. Its focus is on dharmic history around yajña and the moral force of tapas and speech (a sage’s śāpa), themes that in the Kurma Purāṇa support disciplines like self-restraint (saṁyama) and purity (śauca) as foundations for higher practice.
This verse does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu. In the Kurma Purāṇa’s broader synthesis, such yajña narratives often serve to show one dharma-field in which both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava teachings operate without contradiction, but that unity is not stated here.