Shloka 1
Āvāhāryaka-Śrāddha: Qualifications of Recipients, Paṅkti-Pāvana, and Exclusions
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे विशो ऽध्यायः व्यास उवाच स्नात्वा यथोक्तं संतर्प्य पितॄंश्चन्द्रक्षये द्विजः / पिण्डान्वाहार्यकं श्राद्धं कुर्यात् सौम्यमनाः शुचिः
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge viśo 'dhyāyaḥ vyāsa uvāca snātvā yathoktaṃ saṃtarpya pitṝṃścandrakṣaye dvijaḥ / piṇḍānvāhāryakaṃ śrāddhaṃ kuryāt saumyamanāḥ śuciḥ
هكذا في شري كورما بورانا، في السamhitā ذات الستة آلاف بيت، في القسم اللاحق، الفصل الحادي والعشرون. قال فياسا: «بعد أن يغتسل كما ورد، ويُشبع الآباء الأسلاف (Pitṛ) على الوجه اللائق، وعند نقصان القمر، على ذي الولادتين أن يقيم شرادها الآفاهاريَكَة مع قرابين البيṇḍa—طاهرًا، رقيق النفس، ساكن القلب».
Vyasa
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it emphasizes dharmic purification—outer cleanliness and inner composure—as a prerequisite for ancestral rites, aligning spiritual life with disciplined conduct.
The practice highlighted is mental discipline: being saumya-manāḥ (calm, gentle-minded) and śuci (pure). In the Kurma Purana’s broader soteriology, such sattvic steadiness supports mantra, worship, and yogic concentration even within karma-kāṇḍa duties.
No explicit Shiva–Vishnu unity is stated here; the verse shows the Purana’s integrative method—upholding Vedic ancestral rites within a larger theological framework where devotion and yogic purity are valued across Shaiva–Vaishnava syntheses.