Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 83
Śrāddha-vidhi for Pitṛs: Invitations, Purity, Offerings, and Conduct
अनग्निरध्वगो वापि तथैव व्यसनान्वितः / आमश्राद्धं द्विजः कुर्याद् विधिज्ञः श्रद्धयान्वितः / तेनाग्नौ करणं कुर्यात् पिण्डांस्तेनैव निर्वपेत्
anagniradhvago vāpi tathaiva vyasanānvitaḥ / āmaśrāddhaṃ dvijaḥ kuryād vidhijñaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ / tenāgnau karaṇaṃ kuryāt piṇḍāṃstenaiva nirvapet
দ্বিজের অগ্নি না থাকলেও, সে যাত্রাপথে থাকলেও, কিংবা বিপদে আক্রান্ত হলেও—বিধিজ্ঞানসম্পন্ন ও শ্রদ্ধাবান হয়ে সে ‘আম-শ্রাদ্ধ’ পালন করুক। সেই ক্রিয়াতেই অগ্নিতে আহুতি দিক এবং সেইভাবেই পিণ্ড নিবেদন করুক।
Vyasa (narrator) conveying śrāddha injunctions within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teachings
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily a dharma-vidhi instruction (ritual duty) rather than an explicit ātma-tattva teaching; it emphasizes śraddhā (faithful intention) and continuity of duty even under constraints, a practical foundation that supports inner purification valued in the Kurma Purana’s broader spiritual vision.
No direct yogic technique is taught here; the practice emphasized is disciplined performance of pitṛ-yajña (śrāddha) with śraddhā, which the Purana treats as a purifying karmic discipline that steadies the mind and upholds dharma—supportive to later contemplative teachings such as Pāśupata-oriented devotion and inner restraint.
This verse does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it reflects the Purana’s integrative dharma framework where ritual obligations (like śrāddha to the Pitṛs) are upheld as part of a unified sacred order, within which Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava syntheses are taught elsewhere (notably in the Upari-bhāga’s Īśvara-gītā context).