Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 66
Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
द्रुपदां वा त्रिरभ्यस्येद् व्याहृतिप्रणवान्विताम् / सावित्रीं वा जपेद् विद्वान् तथा चैवाघमर्षणम्
drupadāṃ vā trirabhyasyed vyāhṛtipraṇavānvitām / sāvitrīṃ vā japed vidvān tathā caivāghamarṣaṇam
অথবা ব্যাহৃতি (ভূঃ, ভুবঃ, স্বঃ) ও প্রণব (ওঁ) সহ ত্রিপদা গায়ত্রী তিনবার পাঠ করবে। কিংবা বিদ্বান ব্যক্তি সাবিত্রী (গায়ত্রী-মন্ত্র) জপ করবে, এবং তদ্রূপ অঘমর্ষণও।
Narrator (Purāṇic discourse voice, traditionally Sūta reporting the teaching of sages)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it presents mantra-japa as a purifying discipline that steadies buddhi and removes pāpa-obstructions, preparing the practitioner for Self-knowledge (ātma-jñāna) taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purāṇa.
Mantra-yoga through regulated japa/recitation—Gāyatrī with vyāhṛtis and Oṁ, and the Aghamarṣaṇa—used as prāyaścitta and as a daily sādhana for inner purification and concentration.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it emphasizes shared Vedic foundations (Oṁ, vyāhṛtis, Gāyatrī) that both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava traditions in the Kurma Purāṇa accept as common purificatory and yogic practice.