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
Nachdem man einen schutzlosen, seines Vermögens beraubten Brāhmaṇa gerettet und unterstützt hat, werden die Brāhmaṇas und die übrigen Zweimalgeborenen rein, indem sie baden und danach Ghṛta (Ghee) als heiligende Speise zu sich nehmen.
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.