Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27
Kapardeśvara at Piśācamocana — Liberation of a Piśāca and the Brahmapāra Hymn
इत्युक्तः शङ्कुकर्णो ऽथ पिशाचमिदमब्रवीत् / त्वादृशो न हि लोके ऽस्मिन् विद्यते पुण्यकृत्तमः
ityuktaḥ śaṅkukarṇo 'tha piśācamidamabravīt / tvādṛśo na hi loke 'smin vidyate puṇyakṛttamaḥ
یوں کہے جانے پر شَنکُکَرْن نے اس پِشَچ سے کہا—“اس دنیا میں تم جیسا کوئی نہیں؛ نیکی کے کام کرنے میں تم سے بڑھ کر کوئی نہیں۔”
Śaṅkukarṇa
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it functions at the ethical level, praising puṇya (meritorious action), which in Purāṇic theology becomes a preparatory support for inner purification and higher knowledge.
No specific yoga technique is taught in this line; the emphasis is on puṇya and dharma as foundational disciplines that, in the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, support sādhana such as devotion, self-restraint, and later yogic practice.
The verse itself is neutral and narrative; indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇa’s integrative ethos where ethical merit and dharma are shared foundations across Shaiva and Vaishnava paths, later harmonized in the text’s broader theology.