Purva-vibhaga
पूर्वविभाग
Purva-vibhaga of the Kurma Purana
Chapter 30 · 55 shlokas
+ Add ShlokaRules of expiation - Verse 1
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 1
अतः परं प्रवलक्ष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तविधिं शुभम। हिताय सर्वविप्राणां दोषाणामपनुत्तये।।
ataḥ paraṃ pravalakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhiṃ śubham| hitāya sarvaviprāṇāṃ doṣāṇāmapanuttaye||
Henceforth I shall expound auspicious procedure of expiation^ for the welfare of all Brahmanas (v.l. people) and for dispelling sins.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 1
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 1
स शिष्यैः संवृतो धीमान गुरुर्द्वैपायनो मुनिः। जगाम विपुलं लिङ्गमोङ्कारं मुक्तिदायकम।।
sa śiṣyaiḥ saṃvṛto dhīmān gururdvaipāyano muniḥ| jagāma vipulaṃ liṅgamoṅkāraṃ muktidāyakam||
In Kali age,'^ men who are always agitated by the attribute of Tamas, commit delusion, malice and destruction of saintly men and ascetics.
Rules of expiation - Verse 2
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 2
अकृत्वा विहितं कर्म कृत्वा निन्दितमेव च। दोषमाप्नोति पुरुषः प्रायश्चित्तं विशोधनम।।
akṛtvā vihitaṃ karma kṛtvā ninditameva ca| doṣamāpnoti puruṣaḥ prāyaścittaṃ viśodhanam||
By not doing the enjoined holy rite and by doing what is prohibited, a person incurs sin. The expiatory rite is the way of absolvement from sin.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 2
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 2
तत्राभ्यर्च्य महादेवं शिष्यैः सह महामुनिः। प्रोवाच तस्य माहात्म्यं मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम।।
tatrābhyarcya mahādevaṃ śiṣyaiḥ saha mahāmuniḥ| provāca tasya māhātmyaṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām||
Epidemics of fatal disease, perpetual fear of hunger and starvation, fear of droughts and destruction of countries prevail in Kali Age.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 3
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 3
इदं तद विमलं लिङ्गमोङ्कारं नाम शोभनम। अस्य स्मरणमात्रेण मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः।।
idaṃ tad vimalaṃ liṅgamoṅkāraṃ nāma śobhanam| asya smaraṇamātreṇa mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ||
Utterly bad subjects born in Kali Yuga are im¬ pious, deficient in food and highly furious but lacking in brilli¬ ance, liars and greedy.
Rules of expiation - Verse 3
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 3
प्रायश्चित्तमकृत्वा तु न तिष्ठेद ब्राह्मणः क्वचित। यद ब्रूयुर्ब्राह्मणाः शान्ता विद्वांसस्तत्समाचरेत।।
prāyaścittamakṛtvā tu na tiṣṭhed brāhmaṇaḥ kvacit| yad brūyurbrāhmaṇāḥ śāntā vidvāṃsastatsamācaret||
No Brahmana should ever remain (anywhere) without performing the expiatory rite. He should perform what quiescent, scholarly Brahmanas advise.^
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 4
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 4
एतत परतरं ज्ञानं पञ्चयतनमुत्तमम। सेवितं सूरिभिर्नित्यं वाराणस्यां विमोक्षदम।।
etat parataraṃ jñānaṃ pañcayatanamuttamam| sevitaṃ sūribhirnityaṃ vārāṇasyāṃ vimokṣadam||
The fear of subjects is heightened due to ill per¬ formance of Yajnas, faulty study of the Vedas, evil conducts and misleading heretical scriptures and defects in the rites of Brahmanas.
Rules of expiation - Verse 4
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 4
वेदार्थवित्तमः शान्तो धर्मकामो ऽग्निमान द्विजः। स एव स्यात परो धर्मो यमेको ऽपि व्यवस्यति।।
vedārthavittamaḥ śānto dharmakāmo 'gnimān dvijaḥ| sa eva syāt paro dharmo yameko 'pi vyavasyati||
What a quiescent Brahmana, who is the most excel¬ lent among the knowers of the meanings of the Vedas, who loves dharma (virtue) and who maintains (sacrificial) fires, does, shall be the greatest virtue even if it be that he alone performs it.
Rules of expiation - Verse 5
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 5
अनाहिताग्नयो विप्रास्त्रयो वेदार्थपारगाः। यद ब्रूयुर्धर्मकामास्ते तज्ज्ञेयं धर्मसाधनम।।
anāhitāgnayo viprāstrayo vedārthapāragāḥ| yad brūyurdharmakāmāste tajjñeyaṃ dharmasādhanam||
If there are three Brahmanas who though they do not maintain sacrificial fire are but past-masters of Vedic inter¬ pretation and love Dharma, what they say should be ragarded as means of Dharma.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 5
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 5
अत्र साक्षान्महादेवः पञ्चायतनविग्रहः। रमते भगवान रुद्रो जन्तूनामपवर्गदः।।
atra sākṣānmahādevaḥ pañcāyatanavigrahaḥ| ramate bhagavān rudro jantūnāmapavargadaḥ||
In this age, twice-born persons do not study the Vedas or perform sacrifices (or worship). People of low intellec¬ tual capacity will perform sacrifices and study the Vedas.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 6
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 6
यत तत पाशुपतं ज्ञानं पञ्चार्थमिति शब्द्यते। तदेतद विमलं लिङ्गमोङ्कारे समवस्थितम।।
yat tat pāśupataṃ jñānaṃ pañcārthamiti śabdyate| tadetad vimalaṃ liṅgamoṅkāre samavasthitam||
In Kaliyuga, the Sudras will have close association with the Brahmanas by the use of spells and incantations as well as through the sharing of beds, seats and food.
Rules of expiation - Verse 6
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 6
अनेकधर्मशास्त्रज्ञा ऊहापोहविशारदाः। वेदाध्ययनसंपन्नाः सप्तैते परिकीर्तिताः।।
anekadharmaśāstrajñā ūhāpohaviśāradāḥ| vedādhyayanasaṃpannāḥ saptaite parikīrtitāḥ||
If there is a group of seven Brahmanas who arc experts in many scriptures on Dharma-sastra and are proficient
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 7
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 7
शान्त्यतीता तथा शान्तिर्विद्या चैव परा कला। प्रतिष्ठा च निवृत्तिश्च पञ्चार्थं लिङ्गमैश्वरम।।
śāntyatītā tathā śāntirvidyā caiva parā kalā| pratiṣṭhā ca nivṛttiśca pañcārthaṃ liṅgamaiśvaram||
The kings who will be mostly Sudras will harass the Brahmanas. Killing of the foetus and heroes will be of common practice among kings.
Rules of expiation - Verse 7
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 7
मीमांसाज्ञानतत्त्वज्ञा वेदान्तकुशला द्विजाः। एकविंशतिसंख्याताः प्रयाश्चित्तं वदन्ति वै।।
mīmāṃsājñānatattvajñā vedāntakuśalā dvijāḥ| ekaviṃśatisaṃkhyātāḥ prayāścittaṃ vadanti vai||
If there is a group of seven Brahmanas who arc experts in many scriptures on Dharma-sastra and are proficient
Rules of expiation - Verse 8
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 8
ब्रह्महा मद्यपः स्तेनो गुरुतल्पग एव च। महापातकिनस्त्वेते यश्चैतैः सह संवसेत।।
brahmahā madyapaḥ steno gurutalpaga eva ca| mahāpātakinastvete yaścaitaiḥ saha saṃvaset||
If there be twenty-one Brahmanas who know the truth about the knowledge of MImaihsa and are experts in Vedanta, can lay down the expiatory rite.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 8
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 8
पञ्चानामपि देवानां ब्रह्मादीनां सदाश्रयम। ओङ्कारबोधकं लिङ्गं पञ्चायतनमुच्यते।।
pañcānāmapi devānāṃ brahmādīnāṃ sadāśrayam| oṅkārabodhakaṃ liṅgaṃ pañcāyatanamucyate||
The twice-born people will not perform ablutions. Harms, Japas, offer of charitable gifts, worship of deities and other holy rites.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 9
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 9
संस्मरेदैश्वरं लिङ्गं पञ्चायतनमव्ययम। देहान्ते तत्परं ज्योतिरानन्दं विशते बुधः।।
saṃsmaredaiśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ pañcāyatanamavyayam| dehānte tatparaṃ jyotirānandaṃ viśate budhaḥ||
In Kali age, the people censure Mahadeva, Purusottama, Brahmanas, Vedas, Dharmasastras and Puranas.
Rules of expiation - Verse 9
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 9
संवत्सरं तु पतितैः संसर्गं कुरुते तु यः। यानशय्यासनैर्नित्यं जानन वै पतितो भवेत।।
saṃvatsaraṃ tu patitaiḥ saṃsargaṃ kurute tu yaḥ| yānaśayyāsanairnityaṃ jānan vai patito bhavet||
He who associates with the fallen sinners for one year by sharing their vehicles, beds and seats, with full knowledge thereof, shall also become fallen^
Rules of expiation - Verse 10
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 10
याजनं योनिसंबन्धं तथैवाध्यापनं द्विजः। कृत्वा सद्यः पतेज्ज्ञानात सह भोजनमेव च।।
yājanaṃ yonisaṃbandhaṃ tathaivādhyāpanaṃ dvijaḥ| kṛtvā sadyaḥ patejjñānāt saha bhojanameva ca||
A Brahmana who officiates as a priest contracts a marriage with the fallen out-caste and teaches them Veda or dines with them, instantly becomes fallen.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 10
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 10
अत्र देवर्षयः पूर्वं सिद्धा ब्रह्मर्षयस्तथा। उपास्य देवमीशानं प्राप्तवन्तः परं पदम।।
atra devarṣayaḥ pūrvaṃ siddhā brahmarṣayastathā| upāsya devamīśānaṃ prāptavantaḥ paraṃ padam||
People perform various rites not found in the Vedas. The Bralunanas would not have any interest in their prescribed pious rites and duties.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 11
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 11
मत्स्योदर्यास्तटे पुण्यं स्थानं गुह्यतमं शुभम। गोचर्ममात्रं विप्रेन्द्रा ओङ्कारेश्वरमुत्तमम।।
matsyodaryāstaṭe puṇyaṃ sthānaṃ guhyatamaṃ śubham| gocarmamātraṃ viprendrā oṅkāreśvaramuttamam||
People will have evil activities and conduct of life. They will be surrounded by useless dissembling heretics. They will be begging one another on many occasions.
Rules of expiation - Verse 11
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 11
अविज्ञायाथ यो मोहात कुर्यादध्यापनं द्विजः। संवत्सरेण पतति सहाध्ययनमेव च।।
avijñāyātha yo mohāt kuryādadhyāpanaṃ dvijaḥ| saṃvatsareṇa patati sahādhyayanameva ca||
The Brahmana who teaches them out of delusion or not knowing (their sins) or learns alongwith them shall become fallen in the course of a year.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 12
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 12
कृत्तिवासेश्वरं लिङ्गः मध्यमेश्वरमुत्तमम। विश्वेश्वरं तथोङ्कारं कपर्देश्वरमेव च।।
kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaḥ madhyameśvaramuttamam| viśveśvaraṃ tathoṅkāraṃ kapardeśvarameva ca||
In Kali age, common people will begin to sell cooked food. The Vedas will be sold on the cross-roads, and youthful maidens will sell their bodies.
Rules of expiation - Verse 12
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 12
ब्रह्माहा द्वादशाब्दानि कुटिं कृत्वा वने वसेत। भैक्षमात्मविशुद्ध्यर्थं कृत्वा शवशिरोध्वजम।।
brahmāhā dvādaśābdāni kuṭiṃ kṛtvā vane vaset| bhaikṣamātmaviśuddhyarthaṃ kṛtvā śavaśirodhvajam||
The slayer of a Brahmana^ should construct a hut in the forest and live therein for twelve years. For self-purifi¬ cation, he should beg alms with the skull of the dead as a symbol on the flag.
Rules of expiation - Verse 13
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 13
ब्राह्मणावसथान सर्वान देवागाराणि वर्जयेत। विनिन्दन स्वयमात्मानं ब्राह्मणं तं च संस्मरन।।
brāhmaṇāvasathān sarvān devāgārāṇi varjayet| vinindan svayamātmānaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ taṃ ca saṃsmaran||
He should avoid the abodes of the Brahmanas and the shrines of deities. He should remember that Brahmana constantly and censure himself.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 13
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 13
एतानि गुह्यलिङ्गानि वाराणस्यां द्विजोत्तमाः। न कश्चिदिह जानाति विना शंभोरनुग्रहात।।
etāni guhyaliṅgāni vārāṇasyāṃ dvijottamāḥ| na kaścidiha jānāti vinā śaṃbhoranugrahāt||
When the close of Yuga is imminent, Sudras calling themselves Jims (subduers of sense organs) will perform holy rites by shaving off their heads, wearing ochre robes and black-antelope skins and keeping their teeth white.^
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 14
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 14
एवमुक्त्वा ययौ कृष्णः पाराशर्यो महामुनिः। कृत्तिवासेश्वरं लिङ्गं द्रष्टुं देवस्य शूलिनः।।
evamuktvā yayau kṛṣṇaḥ pārāśaryo mahāmuniḥ| kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ draṣṭuṃ devasya śūlinaḥ||
People will be plunderers of crops of others and- deprivers of (other people’s) clothes. Thieves will be robbers
Rules of expiation - Verse 14
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 14
असंकल्पितयोग्यानि सप्तागाराणि संविशेत। विधूमे शनकैर्नित्यं व्यङ्गारे भुक्तवज्जने।।
asaṃkalpitayogyāni saptāgārāṇi saṃviśet| vidhūme śanakairnityaṃ vyaṅgāre bhuktavajjane||
He should quietly and slowly enter seven houses (for begging) the worthiness of which was not (previously) con¬ sidered and which are free from smoke and fire (extinguished) and inmates whereof have taken their meals.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 15
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 15
समभ्यर्च्य तथा शिष्यैर्माहात्म्यं कृत्तिवाससः। कथयामास शिष्येभ्यो भगवान ब्रह्मवित्तमः।।
samabhyarcya tathā śiṣyairmāhātmyaṃ kṛttivāsasaḥ| kathayāmāsa śiṣyebhyo bhagavān brahmavittamaḥ||
It is stated in Smrtis that in the Kali age there will be prevalence of extreme misery, shortness of life-span, •exhaustion of physical bodies, spread of sickness, sinful activi¬ ties arising from attachment to Adharma.
Rules of expiation - Verse 15
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 15
एककालं चरेद भैक्षं दोषं विख्यापयन नृणाम। वन्यमूलफलैर्वापि वर्तयेद धैर्यमाक्षितः।।
ekakālaṃ cared bhaikṣaṃ doṣaṃ vikhyāpayan nṛṇām| vanyamūlaphalairvāpi vartayed dhairyamākṣitaḥ||
He should beg for alms only once. He should pro¬ claim his sin to all men. Or he should maintain himself with fruits and roots obtained from the forest and subsist on them.
Rules of expiation - Verse 16
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 16
कपालपाणिः खट्वाङ्गी ब्रह्मचर्यपरायणः। पूर्णे तु द्वादशे वर्षे ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति।।
kapālapāṇiḥ khaṭvāṅgī brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ| pūrṇe tu dvādaśe varṣe brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati||
He should hold the skull and the Khatvahga (a staff with a skull at the top) in his hands. He should observe celibacy. When the twelfth year is completed in this manner, he shall become free from the sin of Brahmana-slaughter.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 16
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 16
अस्मिन स्थाने पुरा दैत्यो हस्ती भूत्वा भवान्तिकम। ब्राह्मणान हन्तुमायातो ये ऽत्र नित्यमुपासते।।
asmin sthāne purā daityo hastī bhūtvā bhavāntikam| brāhmaṇān hantumāyāto ye 'tra nityamupāsate||
There will be some people wearing ochre-coloured robes, some going naked (Jainas), some bearing skulls (Kapali- kas), some will sell Vedas while others will sell sacred places.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 17
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 17
तेषां लिङ्गान्महादेवः प्रादुरासीत त्रिलोचनः। रक्षणार्थं द्विजश्रेष्ठा भक्तानां भक्तवत्सलः।।
teṣāṃ liṅgānmahādevaḥ prādurāsīt trilocanaḥ| rakṣaṇārthaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā bhaktānāṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ||
Seeing the Brahmanas seated, people of petty intellect will make them move; Sudras depending upon kings may even strike the leading Brahmanas.
Rules of expiation - Verse 17
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 17
अकामतः कृते पापे प्रायश्चित्तमिदं शुभम। कामतो मरणाच्छुद्धिर्ज्ञेया नान्येन केनचित।।
akāmataḥ kṛte pāpe prāyaścittamidaṃ śubham| kāmato maraṇācchuddhirjñeyā nānyena kenacit||
When the sin has been committed unintentionally, this is the auspicious expiation. It should be remembered that if the sin is done intentionally, the purification is only after death, and not by any other means.
Rules of expiation - Verse 18
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 18
कुर्यादनशनं वाथ भृगोः पतनमेव वा। ज्वलन्तं वा विशेदग्निं जलं वा प्रविशेत स्वयम।।
kuryādanaśanaṃ vātha bhṛgoḥ patanameva vā| jvalantaṃ vā viśedagniṃ jalaṃ vā praviśet svayam||
He should observe Anasana (fast unto death) or Bhrgupatana (fall off from a precipice) or he shall enter the burning 6re or water.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 18
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 18
हत्वा गजाकृतिं दैत्यं शूलेनावज्ञया हरः। वसस्तस्याकरोत कृत्तिं कृत्तिवासेश्वरस्ततः।।
hatvā gajākṛtiṃ daityaṃ śūlenāvajñayā haraḥ| vasastasyākarot kṛttiṃ kṛttivāseśvarastataḥ||
O tormentor of enemies, Sudras will be occupying lofty seats in the middle of Brahmanas. In Kali age, as a result of the influence of times, the king will dishonour the Brahmins.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 19
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 19
अत्र सिद्धिं परां प्राप्ता मुनयो मुनिपुङ्गवाः। तेनैव च शरीरेण प्राप्तास्तत परमं पदम।।
atra siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptā munayo munipuṅgavāḥ| tenaiva ca śarīreṇa prāptāstat paramaṃ padam||
Brahmanas, of insufficient learning, possessing ill-luck and no great strength will begin to serve Sudras with flowers, ornaments and other auspicious articles.
Rules of expiation - Verse 19
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 19
ब्राह्मणार्थे गवार्थे वा सम्यक प्राणान परित्यजेत। ब्रह्महत्यापनोदार्थमन्तरा वा मृतस्य तु।।
brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe vā samyak prāṇān parityajet| brahmahatyāpanodārthamantarā vā mṛtasya tu||
In order to wipe off the sin of Brahmana-slaughter, he should discard his life for the sake of a Brahmana or a cow or for the sake of the dead.
Rules of expiation - Verse 20
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 20
दीर्घामयान्वितं विप्रं कृत्वानामयमेव तु। दत्त्वा चान्नं स दुर्भिक्षे ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति।।
dīrghāmayānvitaṃ vipraṃ kṛtvānāmayameva tu| dattvā cānnaṃ sa durbhikṣe brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati||
The sin of Brahmana-slaughter is dispelled by curing a Brahmana of his chronic illness or by giving food to a very learned person.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 20
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 20
विद्या विद्येश्वरा रुद्राः शिवाये च प्रकीर्तिताः। कृत्तिवासेश्वरं लिङ्गं नित्यमावृत्य संस्थिताः।।
vidyā vidyeśvarā rudrāḥ śivāye ca prakīrtitāḥ| kṛttivāseśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ nityamāvṛtya saṃsthitāḥ||
O king, Sudras will not cast a glance at the Brahmanas, worthy of respect and worship. It is the Brahmanas who would stand at their threshold awaiting an opportunity for service.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 21
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 21
ज्ञात्वा कलियुगं घोरमधर्मबहुलं जनाः। कृत्तिवासं न मुञ्चन्ति कृतार्थास्ते न संशयः।।
jñātvā kaliyugaṃ ghoramadharmabahulaṃ janāḥ| kṛttivāsaṃ na muñcanti kṛtārthāste na saṃśayaḥ||
In Kaliyuga, the Brahmanas, dependent on the Sudras, hover round and serve the Sudras seated in their vehicles and eulogise them by songs of praise and prayer.
Rules of expiation - Verse 21
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 21
अश्वमेधावभृथके स्नात्वा वा शुध्यते द्विजः। सर्वस्वं वा वेदविदे ब्राह्मणाय प्रदाय तु।।
aśvamedhāvabhṛthake snātvā vā śudhyate dvijaḥ| sarvasvaṃ vā vedavide brāhmaṇāya pradāya tu||
Or a Brahmana is absolved of the sin of Brahmana- slaughter by taking the concluding ablutions of a horse sacri¬ fice or by giving all his possessions to a Brahmana who has mastered the Vedas.
Rules of expiation - Verse 22
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 22
सरस्वत्यास्त्वरुणया संगमे लोकविश्रुते। शुध्येत त्रिषवणस्नानात त्रिरात्रोपोषितो द्विजः।।
sarasvatyāstvaruṇayā saṃgame lokaviśrute| śudhyet triṣavaṇasnānāt trirātropoṣito dvijaḥ||
A Brahmana should observe fast for three nights and then take three baths in the world-famous confluence of the river Sarasvati with the Aruna and he shall be purified.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 22
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 22
जन्मान्तरसहस्त्रेण मोक्षो ऽन्यत्राप्यते न वा। एकेन जन्मना मोक्षः कृत्तिवासे तु लभ्यते।।
janmāntarasahastreṇa mokṣo 'nyatrāpyate na vā| ekena janmanā mokṣaḥ kṛttivāse tu labhyate||
Dependent on Sudras, they teach them Vedas. Due to the calamity of appeasing those without Vedas, they resort to terrible atheism.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 23
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 23
आलयः सर्वसिद्धानामेतत स्थानं वदन्ति हि। गोपितं देवदेवेन महादेवेन शंभुना।।
ālayaḥ sarvasiddhānāmetat sthānaṃ vadanti hi| gopitaṃ devadevena mahādevena śaṃbhunā||
Even the excellent ones among Brahmanas will sell the merit of penance, sacrifices and arts. As to Sannyasins, there will be hundreds and thousands.
Rules of expiation - Verse 23
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 23
गत्वा रामेश्वरं पुण्यं स्नात्वा चैव महोदधौ। ब्रह्मचर्यादिभिर्युक्तो दृष्ट्वा रुद्रं विमुच्यते।।
gatvā rāmeśvaraṃ puṇyaṃ snātvā caiva mahodadhau| brahmacaryādibhiryukto dṛṣṭvā rudraṃ vimucyate||
By going to the holy place Ramesvara, and by taking bath in the great ocean or by seeing Rudra, he shall be rid of the sin if he observes celibacy.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 24
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 24
युगे युगे ह्यत्र दान्ता ब्राह्मणा वेदपारागाः। उपासते महादेवं जपन्ति शतरुद्रियम।।
yuge yuge hyatra dāntā brāhmaṇā vedapārāgāḥ| upāsate mahādevaṃ japanti śatarudriyam||
O ruler of men, destroying their own pious rites, they •do not attain that region. They sing about deities with worldly songs.
Rules of expiation - Verse 24
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 24
कपालमोचनं नाम तीर्थं देवस्य शूलिनः। स्नात्वाभ्यर्च्य पितॄन भक्त्या ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति।।
kapālamocanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ| snātvābhyarcya pitṝn bhaktyā brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati||
There is the holy centre of lord Sulin (Siva) named Kapalamocana. By taking bath and propitiating the Pitrs and Devas, one dispels the sin of Brahmana-slaughter.
Rules of expiation - Verse 25
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 25
यत्र देवादिदेवेन भरवेणामितौजसा। कपालं स्थापितं पूर्वं ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः।।
yatra devādidevena bharaveṇāmitaujasā| kapālaṃ sthāpitaṃ pūrvaṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ||
It was there that the skull of ParamesthinBrahma was formerly deposited by Bhairava, the overlord of Devas, of unmeasured splendour.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 25
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 25
स्तुवन्ति सततं देवं त्र्यम्बकं कृत्तिवाससम। ध्यायन्ति हृदये देवं स्थाणुं सर्वान्तरं शिवम।।
stuvanti satataṃ devaṃ tryambakaṃ kṛttivāsasam| dhyāyanti hṛdaye devaṃ sthāṇuṃ sarvāntaraṃ śivam||
In Kali age, there will be Brahmanas as well as 240 K urma Pur ana Ksattxiyas who follow the course of conduct prescribed for Varna Tantrikas, Pasupatas and Pancaratrikas.^
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 26
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 26
ये वाराणस्यां निवसन्ति विप्राः। ये कृत्तिवासं शरणं प्रपन्नाः।।
ye vārāṇasyāṃ nivasanti viprāḥ| ye kṛttivāsaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannāḥ||
When perfect knowledge and the holy rites are lost, when the whole world has become inactive, insects, mice, and serpents will harass human beings.
Rules of expiation - Verse 26
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 26
समभ्यर्च्य महादेवं तत्र भैरवरूपिणम। तर्पपित्वा पितॄन स्नात्वा मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्यया।।
samabhyarcya mahādevaṃ tatra bhairavarūpiṇam| tarpapitvā pitṝn snātvā mucyate brahmahatyayā||
By worshiping Mahadeva there, in the form of Bhairava, after the bath and after performing the Tarpana rites to the Pitrs one is freed from the sin of Brahmana slaughter. 512 Kurma Purana
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 27
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 27
सुदुर्लभं विप्रकुलेषु जन्म। ध्यायन्ति चित्ते यतयो महेशम।।
sudurlabhaṃ viprakuleṣu janma| dhyāyanti citte yatayo maheśam||
Those Brahmanas who had been burnt completely in the fire of the curse of goddess Sati formerly during Daksa’s sacrifice, will be reborn in the families of Brahmanas.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 28
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 28
वाराणसीमध्यगता मुनिन्द्राः। स्तुवन्ति रुद्रं प्रणमन्ति शंभुम।।
vārāṇasīmadhyagatā munindrāḥ| stuvanti rudraṃ praṇamanti śaṃbhum||
In the Kaliyuga, towards the close of that age, they, with their mind overwhelmed by Tamas, will censure Mahadeva. Theirs will be a futile pursuit of Dharma.
The Nature of Kali Yuga - Verse 29
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · Chapter 30 · Verse 29
स्थाणुं प्रपद्ये गिरिशं पुराणम। जाने महादेवमनेकरूपम।।
sthāṇuṃ prapadye giriśaṃ purāṇam| jāne mahādevamanekarūpam||
The Brahmanas and others will be considered heroes in their own communities. Those who had been cursed by the noble Gautama, will incarnate in those wombs (families) and they will revile god Hrsikesa, Brahmanas and expounders of Brahman (or the Vedas). 31-32a. Persons practising vows not sanctioned by the Vedas, of wicked behaviour and of futile efforts, will be deluding all other people by exhibiting the fruits thereof. Their minds are enveloped and vitiated with ignorance and these base people follow feline tricks. 32b-33a. In Kali age, Rudra, Mahadeva is the great¬ est lord of the worlds. He is the deity of deities and he shall achieve the welfare of all men. 33b-34. Sankara, Nilalohita, will take up incarnations for the purpose of establishing the Srauta (Vedic) and Smarta (belonging to the Smrtis) rites, with a desire for the welfare of his devotees. He will teach his disciples the knowledge pertaining to the Brahman.