Shloka 19
Śrāddha-Kāla-Nirṇaya: Proper Times, Nakṣatra Fruits, Tīrtha Merit, and Offerings for Ancestral Rites
षष्ट्यां द्यूतं कृषिं चापि सप्तम्यां लभते नरः / अष्टम्यामपि वाणिज्यं लभते श्राद्धदः सदा
ṣaṣṭyāṃ dyūtaṃ kṛṣiṃ cāpi saptamyāṃ labhate naraḥ / aṣṭamyāmapi vāṇijyaṃ labhate śrāddhadaḥ sadā
من أقام صدقة شرادها (Śrāddha) في التِثي السادس نال النجاح في الميسر والزراعة؛ وفي السابع ينال الرجل بلوغ المراد؛ وفي الثامن كذلك ينال مُعطي الشرادها رخاءً دائمًا في التجارة.
Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s teaching on tithi-based Śrāddha merits, in the Shaiva-Vaishnava dharma framework)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it emphasizes karma-yoga through dharmic action—Śrāddha and dāna purify intention and stabilize the mind, which in the Kurma Purana’s broader teaching becomes a support for Self-knowledge rather than a direct definition of Ātman.
The verse foregrounds ritual discipline (niyama) and charitable offering as preparatory practices; in Kurma Purana’s integrated path, such regulated dharma supports sattva and steadiness required for later contemplative yoga (including the Pāśupata-oriented inner restraint taught elsewhere).
By presenting Śrāddha as universally dharmic (not sectarian), it aligns with the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis: devotion and duty performed with purity are upheld as valid supports on the single path to auspiciousness, regardless of whether framed through Śiva or Nārāyaṇa.