Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 43
Śrāddha-Kāla-Nirṇaya: Proper Times, Nakṣatra Fruits, Tīrtha Merit, and Offerings for Ancestral Rites
संवत्सरं तु गव्येन पयसा पायसेन तु / वार्ध्रोणसस्य मांसेन तृप्तिर्द्वादशवार्षिकी
saṃvatsaraṃ tu gavyena payasā pāyasena tu / vārdhroṇasasya māṃsena tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī
By cow’s milk one attains satisfaction for a year; likewise by milk and by sweet rice cooked in milk (pāyasa). But by the meat of Varāha (the boar), satisfaction is said to endure for twelve years.
Sūta (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya), within a discourse on dāna and food-merit in the Kurma Purana
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is primarily dharma-oriented, describing graded results (tṛpti) from specific foods; it does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine, but reflects the Purāṇic idea that disciplined offerings shape one’s inner steadiness and merit.
No explicit yoga technique is taught here; the practice implied is purity and restraint through right offering (dāna/anna), which the Kurma Purana treats as supportive discipline for higher sādhanā, including later yoga-oriented instructions elsewhere in the text.
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it belongs to a dharma section on offerings. In the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, such dharma acts are presented as compatible supports for devotion and realization across Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava frameworks.