Shloka 28
Rules of Food, Acceptance, and Purity for the Twice-Born
Dvija-Śauca and Anna-Doṣa
काककुक्कुटसंस्पृष्टं कृमिभिश्चैव संयुतम् / मनुष्यैरप्यवघ्रातं कुष्ठिना स्पृष्टमेव च
kākakukkuṭasaṃspṛṣṭaṃ kṛmibhiścaiva saṃyutam / manuṣyairapyavaghrātaṃ kuṣṭhinā spṛṣṭameva ca
ما لامسته الغربان أو الدجاج، أو اختلطت به الديدان، أو شمَّه الناس، أو حتى لمسه مبتلى بالجذام—فهو معدود نجسًا.
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching context
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
Indirectly: it teaches external purity (śauca) as a discipline that supports inner clarity, which is traditionally considered conducive to steady contemplation of the Self (ātman), even though this verse itself focuses on physical impurity.
No specific āsana or meditation is named; the verse emphasizes śauca—purity of food and contact—as a foundational niyama-like discipline that supports higher practices such as mantra-japa, dhyāna, and Pāśupata-oriented restraint taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
It does not explicitly address Shiva–Vishnu unity; it contributes to the shared dharma framework (purity disciplines) that underlies both Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva sādhanā in the Kurma Purana’s synthesis.