Shloka 86
Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
देवान् ब्रह्मःऋषींश्चैव तर्पयेदक्षतोदकैः / तिलोदकैः पितॄन् भक्त्या स्वसूत्रोक्तविधानतः
devān brahmaḥṛṣīṃścaiva tarpayedakṣatodakaiḥ / tilodakaiḥ pitṝn bhaktyā svasūtroktavidhānataḥ
He should offer tarpaṇa (water-libations) to the Devas and to the Brahman-sages with water containing unbroken grains of rice; and, with devotion, he should satisfy the Ancestors (pitṛs) with water mixed with sesame—exactly according to the rite taught in his own Gṛhya-sūtra.
Vyasa (Purāṇic narrator instructing dharma-vidhi in the Kurma Purana)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames nitya-karma (daily dharmic duties) as a purifying discipline. Such purification steadies the mind and supports higher knowledge of the Self taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana, especially in the Ishvara Gita sections.
The verse highlights preparatory discipline rather than a seated technique: devotional tarpana performed by rule (vidhi) and with bhakti. In the Kurma Purana’s yogic framework, this kind of regulated purity and gratitude supports inner concentration and devotion-based yoga.
It does so through synthesis in practice: the Purana emphasizes orthodox dharma (tarpana to devas, ṛṣis, and pitṛs) as a shared foundation for devotion to the Supreme, whether approached through Shaiva or Vaishnava idioms elsewhere in the text.