Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 13
Prayāga-māhātmya — The Greatness of Prayāga and the Discipline of Pilgrimage
निहता वहवो युद्धे पुंसो निरपराधिनः / अस्माभिः कौरवैः सार्धं प्रसङ्गान्मुनिपुङ्गव
nihatā vahavo yuddhe puṃso niraparādhinaḥ / asmābhiḥ kauravaiḥ sārdhaṃ prasaṅgānmunipuṅgava
Hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng muni, trong chiến trận đã có biết bao người vô tội bị giết—chỉ vì bị cuốn vào thế sự—cùng với chúng ta, những Kaurava.
A Kaurava (addressing a sage)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
Indirectly: by highlighting guilt and unintended harm, it points to the need for inner discernment (viveka) and purification so the Self is not mistaken for the turbulent doer-mind shaped by circumstance.
This verse itself is confessional and ethical, setting up the need for prāyaścitta (atonement), self-restraint, and inward purification—foundational attitudes that mature into disciplined Yoga (including Shaiva-Pashupata modes of purification taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana).
It does not name Shiva or Vishnu directly; however, the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis frames such moral reflection as a step toward surrender to the one Supreme Lord revered through both Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms.