Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 75

Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence

Devanagari script

जाते कुमारे तदहः कामं कुर्यात् प्रतिग्रहम् / हिरण्यधान्यगोवासस्तिलान्नगुडसर्पिषाम्

Transliteration

jāte kumāre tadahaḥ kāmaṃ kuryāt pratigraham / hiraṇyadhānyagovāsastilānnaguḍasarpiṣām

Translation

পুত্র জন্মের সেই দিনেই, ইচ্ছা ও ধর্মবিধি অনুসারে, স্বর্ণ, ধান্য, গাভী, বস্ত্র, তিল, রান্না অন্ন, গুড় ও ঘি গ্রহণ করা যায়।

Word by Word

• jāte: upon the birth
• jāte: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative circumstance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √jan ‘to be born’)
• Form: सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘when (a child) is born’

• kumāre: of a boy/child
• kumāre: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• tad: that
• tad: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; used adjectivally with ahaḥ

• ahaḥ: day
• ahaḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahar/ahaḥ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kāmam: as desired/optionally
• kāmam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे (used adverbially: ‘as one wishes/at will’), अव्यय-प्रयोग

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ, धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• pratigraham: acceptance (of gifts)
• pratigraham: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• hiraṇya-dhānya-go-vāsaḥ: of gold, grain, cows, garments
• hiraṇya-dhānya-go-vāsaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive specification)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + go (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: हिरण्य + धान्य + गो + वास (द्वन्द्व, list); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन-समाहारार्थ/एकवचन-समाहार (as head ‘pratigraha’ understood: ‘of gold, grain, cows, garments’)

• tila-anna-guḍa-sarpiṣām: of sesame, food, jaggery, ghee
• tila-anna-guḍa-sarpiṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive specification)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक) + guḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + sarpis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तिल + अन्न + गुड + सर्पिस् (द्वन्द्व); षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Traditional Purana narrator (instructional dharma discourse within the Kurma Purana)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: shringara

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

This verse is primarily dharma-vidhi (a rule of conduct) rather than direct Atman-teaching; it supports a sattvic, regulated household life, which the Kurma Purana treats as a foundation for inner discipline that later matures into Self-knowledge.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No specific yogic technique is prescribed in this line; instead it frames ethical restraint and proper livelihood (including when gift-acceptance is permitted), which the Kurma Purana aligns with preparatory discipline (yama-niyama-like conduct) supporting higher practices such as Pashupata-oriented devotion and contemplation.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

The verse does not explicitly mention Shiva or Vishnu; its dharmic instruction reflects the Purana’s broader synthesis where right conduct (dharma) is upheld as pleasing to the one Supreme Lord revered through both Shaiva and Vaishnava lenses.