Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 18
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
व्रतादेशात् सपिण्डानामर्वाक् स्नानं विधीयते / सर्वेषामेव गुणिनामूर्ध्वं तु विषमं पुनः
vratādeśāt sapiṇḍānāmarvāk snānaṃ vidhīyate / sarveṣāmeva guṇināmūrdhvaṃ tu viṣamaṃ punaḥ
وبحسب أمرِ الوِرَتَة (vrata: النذر المقدّس) شُرِعَ الاغتسالُ لأقارب السَّپِنْدَة إلى حدٍّ معيّن؛ أمّا لجميع ذوي الفضيلة والمؤهَّلين طقسيًّا فما بعد ذلك فالحكم غيرُ متساوٍ، بل يختلف باختلاف المنزلة والظرف.
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Kurma Purana’s dharma-vidhi on vrata and śrāddha observances
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
This verse is primarily a dharma-vidhi (ritual injunction) about purity and lineage-based observance; it does not directly teach Ātman metaphysics, but frames discipline (niyama) as a support for higher spiritual practice emphasized elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
No direct meditation technique is stated; the focus is on snāna and vrata-niyama—external disciplines that, in the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, function as preparatory purification for inner Yoga such as Pāśupata-oriented restraint and worship.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it reflects the Purana’s shared dharmic framework where vow, purity, and right conduct are treated as common foundations for devotion and Yoga, later harmonized in Shaiva-Vaishnava teachings.