Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 89
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
भृग्वादीनां प्रजासर्गो राज्ञां वंशस्य विस्तरः / प्राचेतसत्वं दक्षस्य दक्षयज्ञविमर्दनम्
bhṛgvādīnāṃ prajāsargo rājñāṃ vaṃśasya vistaraḥ / prācetasatvaṃ dakṣasya dakṣayajñavimardanam
بھِرگو وغیرہ رِشیوں سے پرجا کی سَرِشٹی، راجاؤں کے وَنش کا مفصل پھیلاؤ، دَکش کا پراچیتس سے تعلق، اور دَکش یَجْن کا پامال ہونا—یہ سب مضامین بیان ہوئے ہیں۔
Suta (narrator) summarizing the chapter’s themes to the sages
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
This verse is an index-style summary of narrative topics (creation, dynasties, Dakṣa’s sacrifice) rather than a direct Atman teaching; its implied focus is dharma in cosmic order—how progeny, kingship, and yajña function within the divine governance upheld across Shaiva-Vaishnava frames.
No explicit yoga practice is taught in this verse; it points to purāṇic themes—especially yajña and lineage—whose deeper spiritual reading in the Kurma tradition supports disciplined dharma and devotion that later culminate in the Upari-bhāga’s yoga-oriented teachings (including Pāśupata-inflected practices and the Ishvara Gītā).
By foregrounding the Dakṣa-yajña episode—classically involving Śiva’s intervention in a ritual order—it sets a stage where ritual, devotion, and divine authority are harmonized; the Kurma Purāṇa typically presents a synthetic vision in which Śiva’s and Viṣṇu’s roles together restore dharma when sacrifice becomes ego-driven or exclusionary.