Shloka 15
Snātaka and Gṛhastha-Dharma: Conduct, Marriage Norms, Daily Rites, and Liberating Virtues
अब्यसेत् प्रयतो वेदं महायज्ञान् न हापयेत् / कुर्याद् गृह्याणि कर्माणि संध्योपासनमेव च
abyaset prayato vedaṃ mahāyajñān na hāpayet / kuryād gṛhyāṇi karmāṇi saṃdhyopāsanameva ca
Mit Selbstbeherrschung und Reinheit soll man den Veda studieren und die großen Yajñas niemals vernachlässigen; man soll auch die häuslichen Riten vollziehen und vor allem die Sandhyā-Verehrung in den Dämmerzeiten.
Traditional narrator in the Kurma Purana (instructional dharma-teaching context within the Purva-bhaga)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It does not define Ātman directly; it frames the path of purification—Vedic study, great duties, and Sandhyā worship—as preparatory discipline that steadies the mind for higher knowledge of the Self taught elsewhere in the Purana.
Sandhyopāsanā is emphasized as a daily contemplative rite: regulated prayer, mantra-recitation (often Gāyatrī), and inner recollection at dawn/dusk—supporting yogic steadiness while remaining rooted in gṛhya and Vedic obligations.
The verse is non-sectarian in wording: it stresses orthodox Vedic discipline and twilight worship without naming a deity, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis where devotion and duty can be directed toward the one Supreme revered as both Śiva and Viṣṇu in different contexts.