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Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 35

Prāyaścitta for Theft, Forbidden Foods, Impurity, and Ritual Lapses; Tīrtha–Vrata Remedies; Pativratā Mahātmyam via Sītā and Agni

Devanagari script

सुराभाण्डोदरे वारि पीत्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत् / शुनोच्छिष्टं द्विजो भुक्त्वा त्रिरात्रेण विशुद्ध्यति / गोमूत्रयावकाहारः पीतशेषं च रागवान्

Transliteration

surābhāṇḍodare vāri pītvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret / śunocchiṣṭaṃ dvijo bhuktvā trirātreṇa viśuddhyati / gomūtrayāvakāhāraḥ pītaśeṣaṃ ca rāgavān

Translation

من شرب ماءً كان محفوظًا في جوف إناء الخمر فليؤدِّ كفّارة «تشاندرايانا» (Cāndrāyaṇa). والـ«دْوِجَا» إذا أكل طعامًا خلّفه كلب تطهّر في ثلاث ليالٍ، بأن يقتات بسويق الشعير الممزوج ببول البقرة، ولا يشرب إلا الباقي المقدَّر، مع ضبط النفس والانضباط.

Word by Word
सुरा-भाण्ड-उदरेin the liquor-vessel’s interior
सुरा-भाण्ड-उदरे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुरा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुरायाः भाण्डस्य उदरे) — Locative: 'in the belly/interior of a liquor-vessel'
वारिwater
वारि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवारि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; Accusative object
पीत्वाhaving drunk
पीत्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), 'having drunk'
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
आन्द्रायणम्the Cāndrāyaṇa vow
आन्द्रायणम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआन्द्रायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; Accusative of observance
चरेत्should perform/practice
चरेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; 'should practice'
शुनःof a dog
शुनः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Genitive: 'of a dog'
उच्छिष्टम्leftover food/ort
उच्छिष्टम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; Accusative object
द्विजःa twice-born (Brahmin etc.)
द्विजः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Subject
भुक्त्वाhaving eaten
भुक्त्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), 'having eaten'
त्रि-रात्रेणwithin three nights
त्रि-रात्रेण:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समासः द्विगु-तत्पुरुषः (त्रयः रात्रयः) — Instrumental: 'by/within three nights'
विशुद्ध्यतिis purified
विशुद्ध्यति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविशुध् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; 'becomes purified'
गो-मूत्र-यावक-आहारःone subsisting on cow-urine and yāvaka
गो-मूत्र-यावक-आहारः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + यावक (प्रातिपदिक) + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (गोमूत्रं यावकः आहारः यस्य/गोमूत्रयावकौ आहारः) — 'one whose diet is cow-urine and barley-gruel'
पीत-शेषम्the remaining (portion) after drinking
पीत-शेषम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपीत (पा-धातु, क्त/कृदन्त) + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः— 'the remainder after drinking / what is left (to be drunk)'
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
रागवान्with relish/attachment (fond)
रागवान्:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरागवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)
Speaker

Vyāsa (narratorial Dharma-instruction in Purāṇic style)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
C
Cāndrāyaṇa
D
dvija
G
go-mūtra
Y
yāvaka

FAQs

It does not directly define Ātman; instead, it frames ethical-ritual self-regulation (niyama) as a means to restore purity, which traditionally supports steadiness of mind required for Self-knowledge.

The verse highlights tapas (austerity) and niyama (discipline) through regulated diet and timed vows (Cāndrāyaṇa), practices that purify conduct and stabilize the practitioner—foundational supports for higher Yoga in the Kurma Purana’s dharma framework.

This verse is a dharma-prāyaścitta instruction and does not explicitly discuss Śiva–Viṣṇu theology; it contributes indirectly by emphasizing a shared Purāṇic ethic of purification and restraint respected across both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava traditions.

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