Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 70
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
अग्नौ मरुप्रपतने वीराध्वन्यप्यनाशके / ब्राह्मणार्थे च संन्यस्ते सद्यः शौचं विधीयते
agnau maruprapatane vīrādhvanyapyanāśake / brāhmaṇārthe ca saṃnyaste sadyaḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate
অগ্নিতে মৃত্যু হলে, মরুভূমিতে পতনে প্রাণ গেলে, বা বীরযাত্রায় দেহ না পাওয়া গেলেও; এবং ব্রাহ্মণের কল্যাণার্থে কাউকে মৃতরূপে বিধিবৎ সমর্পিত করা হলে—তৎক্ষণাৎ শৌচ (শুদ্ধি) বিধেয়।
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching in the sages’ dialogue frame
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It does not directly teach ātma-metaphysics; it focuses on dharma—how ritual impurity is resolved when death occurs under exceptional conditions and the body is not available.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this verse; it belongs to the śauca/aśauca legal-ritual section that supports disciplined living (niyama-like purity observances) alongside the Purana’s broader spiritual teachings.
It does not address Śiva–Viṣṇu theology; it presents a dharma rule on purification, complementary to the Purana’s wider synthesis where devotion and discipline support liberation.