Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 6
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
अधीयानस्तथा यज्वा वेदविच्च पिता भवेत् / संस्पृश्याः सर्व एवैते स्नानान्माता दशाहतः
adhīyānastathā yajvā vedavicca pitā bhavet / saṃspṛśyāḥ sarva evaite snānānmātā daśāhataḥ
يَصيرُ الأبُ صالحًا طقوسيًّا إذا كان مواظبًا على دراسة الفيدا، وقد أقام اليَجْنَا، وكان عارفًا بالفيدا. فهؤلاء جميعًا يجوز لمسُهم؛ أمّا الأمّ فلا تطهُر إلا بعد الاغتسال، حين تمضي عشرُ ليالٍ من الأَشَوْتْشَا.
Sūta (narrating traditional dharma instructions as preserved in the Purāṇic dialogue)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily a dharma-śāstra style rule on ritual purity (śauca/āśauca), not a direct teaching on Ātman; its focus is on social-ritual eligibility and purification periods.
No specific yoga or meditation method is taught in this line; it instead supports the broader Kurma Purana framework where disciplined conduct (niyama-like purity observances) undergirds higher practices such as Pāśupata-oriented devotion and contemplation.
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu theology; it contributes to the Purāṇa’s dharma foundation—purity, duty, and sacrificial culture—within which the text later presents its synthetic Shaiva-Vaishnava spiritual vision.