Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 52
Karma-yoga Discipline for the Twice-born: Upanayana, Upavīta Conduct, Guru-veneration, and Alms-regimen
भिक्षामाहृत्य शिष्टानां गृहेभ्यः प्रयतो ऽन्वहम् / निवेद्य गुरवे ऽश्नीयाद् वाग्यतस्तदनुज्ञया
bhikṣāmāhṛtya śiṣṭānāṃ gṛhebhyaḥ prayato 'nvaham / nivedya gurave 'śnīyād vāgyatastadanujñayā
بعد أن يجمع كلَّ يومٍ، بخشوعٍ وتهذيب، الصدقةَ (البِكْشا) من بيوت أهل الاستقامة، فليقدّمها إلى المعلّم؛ ثم، مع كفّ اللسان، لا يأكل إلا بإذن الغورو.
Sūta (narrating traditional dharma-teaching within the Kurma Purana’s discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: by prescribing restraint, purity, and guru-obedience, the verse supports the yogic principle that self-mastery and disciplined living prepare the mind for Atman-realization taught elsewhere in the Purana.
It emphasizes foundational yamas of practice—purity (prayata), regulated conduct (daily discipline), and vāg-niyama (restraint of speech). Such control is treated as a prerequisite for deeper dhyāna and theistic yoga aligned with Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis in the Kurma Purana.
The verse is primarily about ashrama-dharma rather than explicit deity-unity; yet its discipline-oriented framework is compatible with the Purana’s broader teaching that devotion and yogic restraint can be directed toward the one Supreme expressed through both Shiva and Vishnu.