Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 12
Karma-yoga Discipline for the Twice-born: Upanayana, Upavīta Conduct, Guru-veneration, and Alms-regimen
अग्न्यगारे गवां गोष्ठे होमे जप्ये तथैव च / स्वाध्याये भोजने नित्यं ब्राह्मणानां च सन्निधौ
agnyagāre gavāṃ goṣṭhe home japye tathaiva ca / svādhyāye bhojane nityaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca sannidhau
Im Feuerhaus (agnyagāra), im Kuhstall, beim Homa und beim Japa; ebenso beim Vedastudium und bei den Mahlzeiten—soll man stets in disziplinierter Reinheit und Ehrfurcht in Gegenwart der Brāhmaṇas verweilen.
Sūta (narrating traditional dharma-instructions of the Kurma Purana)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
This verse is primarily an ācāra (conduct) injunction: it frames purity, restraint, and reverence as the practical groundwork that steadies the mind—an essential prerequisite for later Atman-realization taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
Japa (mantra-recitation) and svādhyāya (scriptural study) are explicitly named, alongside homa. In the Kurma Purana’s broader soteriology, these disciplines purify speech and mind, supporting concentration (dhāraṇā) and devotion that mature toward higher Yoga.
It does not directly discuss Shiva–Vishnu unity; instead, it teaches shared dharmic disciplines (homa, japa, svādhyāya) that both Shaiva and Vaishnava paths accept as preparatory purification—reflecting the Purana’s synthetic religious ethos.