Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 44
Rules of Food, Acceptance, and Purity for the Twice-Born
Dvija-Śauca and Anna-Doṣa
भक्षयित्वा ह्यभक्ष्याणि पीत्वापेयान्यपि द्विजः / नाधिकारी भवेत् तावद् यावद् तन्न जहात्यधः
bhakṣayitvā hyabhakṣyāṇi pītvāpeyānyapi dvijaḥ / nādhikārī bhavet tāvad yāvad tanna jahātyadhaḥ
A twice-born man who has eaten what is forbidden to be eaten and drunk what is forbidden to be drunk is not eligible for sacred rites and disciplined practice so long as he has not cast that impurity out from below.
Traditional narrator within the Purva-bhaga’s dharma-teaching frame (Purāṇic discourse on varṇāśrama-dharma and ritual eligibility)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
Indirectly: it stresses adhikāra (fitness) through bodily and behavioral purity—implying that higher knowledge and God-centered practice require a disciplined, purified instrument (body-mind) to reflect the Self clearly.
It highlights preparatory discipline rather than a specific technique: purification and restraint (yama-like ethical control and śauca) as prerequisites before one is fit for mantra, vrata, worship, or higher yogic practice emphasized elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
Not directly; its shared Purāṇic dharma logic supports the Kurma Purana’s synthesis by treating purity, restraint, and eligibility as universal foundations for devotion and yoga—whether oriented to Hari (Kurma/Vishnu) or Hara (Shiva).