Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 25
Vānaprastha-Dharma: Forest Discipline, Vaikhānasa Austerities, and Śiva-Āśrama as the Liberative Refuge
चान्द्रायणविधानैर्वा शुक्ले कृष्णे च वर्तयेत् / पक्षे पक्षे समश्नीयाद् यवागूं क्वथितां सकृत्
cāndrāyaṇavidhānairvā śukle kṛṣṇe ca vartayet / pakṣe pakṣe samaśnīyād yavāgūṃ kvathitāṃ sakṛt
أو باتّباع أحكام نذر «تشاندرايانا»، يضبط نفسه في النصف المضيء والنصف المظلم من الشهر؛ وفي كل نصفٍ لا يتناول إلا مرةً واحدة مقدارًا متساويًا من عصيدة الشعير المطبوخة.
Vyasa (narrative voice) describing dharma/prāyaścitta discipline to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames bodily discipline (niyama/tapas) as a purificatory support for inner clarity, which traditional Purāṇic yoga uses to steady the mind toward Self-knowledge.
Austerity through regulated diet (āhāra-niyama) in the Cāndrāyaṇa pattern—observing waxing/waning fortnights and taking a single measured meal—serves as tapas that supports concentration and restraint.
Not explicitly; it reflects the Kurma Purana’s shared dharma framework in which purification-vratas are common preparatory disciplines for devotion and yoga across Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis.