Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 36
Dāna-dharma: Types of Charity, Worthy Recipients, Vrata-Timings, and Śiva–Viṣṇu Propitiation
यो हि यां देवतामिच्छेत् समाराधयितुं नरः / ब्राह्मणान् पूजयेद् यत्नात् सतस्यां तोषयेत् ततः
yo hi yāṃ devatāmicchet samārādhayituṃ naraḥ / brāhmaṇān pūjayed yatnāt satasyāṃ toṣayet tataḥ
حقًّا، أيُّ إلهٍ أراد المرءُ استرضاءه، فعليه أولًا أن يكرّم البراهمة باجتهاد؛ ثم بعد ذلك يُرضي تلك الإلهة بعينها.
Traditional Purāṇic narrator (instructional voice within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
Indirectly: it emphasizes dharma as the practical gateway to divine grace—approaching the divine through righteous conduct (honouring the Vedic custodians) rather than mere preference-based worship.
No technical meditation is described; the verse highlights karma-yoga in a dharmic form—devotion expressed through disciplined service, reverence, and ethical action that purifies intention before deity-worship.
By making deity-propitiation depend on dharmic honouring of Brāhmaṇas, it supports the Kurma Purana’s integrative stance: different deity-forms are approached through a shared dharma-based method rather than sectarian rivalry.