Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 77
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
ब्रह्मविष्णुविवादः स्यादन्तर्देहप्रवेशनम् / पद्मोद्भवत्वं देवस्य मोहस्तस्य च धीमतः
brahmaviṣṇuvivādaḥ syādantardehapraveśanam / padmodbhavatvaṃ devasya mohastasya ca dhīmataḥ
Đã nảy sinh cuộc tranh luận giữa Brahmā và Viṣṇu; rồi xảy ra việc đi vào thân thể bên trong. Cũng có chuyện vị thần ấy là đấng sinh từ hoa sen, và cả sự mê lầm đã phủ xuống bậc trí ấy nữa.
Sūta (narrator) describing the Purāṇic episode to the sages
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
By highlighting “moha” even in exalted beings, the verse implies that the Supreme Self is beyond disputation and beyond delusion; conflicts of status and origin belong to the realm of māyā, not to the Atman.
No specific technique is prescribed in this line; indirectly, it points to the Yogic need for inner discernment (viveka) to overcome moha—the same inner clarity emphasized throughout Kurma Purana’s dharma-yoga orientation.
Though Śiva is not named here, the motif of delusion and dispute among creator-deities prepares the Purāṇic synthesis where a higher, non-dual Lord (often articulated through Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava harmony in the Kurma Purana) resolves sectarian rivalry and re-centers devotion and knowledge.