Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 51
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
अनाथं चैव निर्हृत्य ब्राह्मणं धनवर्जितम् / स्नात्वा संप्राश्य तु घृतं शुध्यन्ति ब्राह्मणादयः
anāthaṃ caiva nirhṛtya brāhmaṇaṃ dhanavarjitam / snātvā saṃprāśya tu ghṛtaṃ śudhyanti brāhmaṇādayaḥ
ধনহীন ও অসহায় ব্রাহ্মণকে উদ্ধার/সহায়তা করে, স্নান করে এবং পরে ঘৃত প্রাশন করলে ব্রাহ্মণাদি দ্বিজগণ শুদ্ধ হন।
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Kurma Purana’s dharma teaching in a prāyaścitta context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
Indirectly: it emphasizes inner and outer purification through compassion and regulated conduct, which in the Purāṇic framework prepares the mind for Self-knowledge (ātma-jñāna) and devotion to Īśvara.
Not formal meditation; it highlights preparatory disciplines (śauca and niyama-like restraints): charity toward the distressed, ritual bathing (snāna), and sanctified intake (ghṛta-prāśana) as mind-purifying supports that traditionally precede higher yogic practice.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it reflects the shared Purāṇic synthesis where dharma (compassionate support and purity) is a common foundation for devotion to the one Supreme Lord revered in both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava streams.