Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8
Varnāśrama-Krama, Vairāgya as the Ground of Saṃnyāsa, and Brahmārpaṇa Karma-yoga
वानप्रस्थाश्रमं गत्वा न गृहं प्रविशेत् पुनः / न संन्यासी वनं चाथ ब्रह्माचर्यं न साधकः
vānaprasthāśramaṃ gatvā na gṛhaṃ praviśet punaḥ / na saṃnyāsī vanaṃ cātha brahmācaryaṃ na sādhakaḥ
বানপ্ৰস্থ আশ্ৰমত প্ৰৱেশ কৰিলে পুনৰ গৃহস্থৰ ঘৰলৈ উভতি প্ৰৱেশ কৰা উচিত নহয়। তদ্ৰূপ সন্ন্যাসীয়েও বনবাসীৰ ৰীতিলৈ ঘূৰি নাযাব; আৰু সাধকেও নিজৰ যথোচিত সাধনাধৰ্ম ত্যাগ কৰি ব্ৰহ্মচৰ্য আশ্ৰমলৈ পিছলৈ নাযাব।
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) instructing on dharma
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: it teaches steadiness (niṣṭhā) and non-regression in one’s vowed life, a prerequisite for inner purification by which realization of the Self becomes possible in the Kurma Purana’s dharmic-yogic framework.
The verse emphasizes āśrama-niyama—firm adherence to one’s chosen life-stage and discipline. In the Kurma Purana’s yoga-ethics, such stability supports tapas, sense-restraint, and sustained sādhana that later culminate in meditative absorption.
By presenting a shared dharmic foundation for liberation—ethical discipline and renunciation—this aligns with the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis: the same supreme teaching (whether framed through Śiva/Pāśupata or Viṣṇu/Kūrma) requires unwavering commitment to sādhana.