Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 48
Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
अथागम्य गृहं विप्रः समाचम्य यथाविधि / प्रज्वाल्य विह्निं विधिवज्जुहुयाज्जातवेदसम्
athāgamya gṛhaṃ vipraḥ samācamya yathāvidhi / prajvālya vihniṃ vidhivajjuhuyājjātavedasam
ثم إذا رجع البرهمي إلى بيته فليؤدِّ الآچَمَنَة (ācamana) على الوجه المأثور؛ ثم يُشعل النار المقدسة ويقدّم القرابين على نحوٍ صحيح في جاتافيداس (أغني) وفق الطقس المقرر.
Narratorial instruction in the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching context (traditional puranic narrator addressing sages/royal listener)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: it emphasizes disciplined purification and offering (ācamana and homa) as preparatory dharma that steadies the mind—supporting later insight into the Self taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
Not a seated meditation instruction, but a karma-yoga discipline: ritual purity (ācamana), attentiveness to vidhi, and fire-offering (homa) as a regulated practice that cultivates focus (ekāgratā) and sattva—often presented as a foundation for higher yoga.
It does not explicitly mention Shiva–Vishnu unity; it presents Vedic rite centered on Agni, fitting the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis where orthodox dharma supports the later integrative theology and yoga teachings.