Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 46
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
असपिण्डं द्विजं प्रेतं विप्रो निर्हृत्य बन्धुवत् / अशित्वा च सहोषित्वा दशरात्रेण शुध्यति
asapiṇḍaṃ dvijaṃ pretaṃ vipro nirhṛtya bandhuvat / aśitvā ca sahoṣitvā daśarātreṇa śudhyati
If a brāhmaṇa performs the funeral duties for a deceased twice-born who is outside his own sapinda-circle, treating him as a kinsman, and having eaten together and stayed together, he becomes purified after ten nights.
Sūta (narrating traditional dharma rules to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, within the Kurma Purana framework)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
This verse is primarily dharma-oriented (śauca/āśauca) rather than metaphysical; indirectly, it reflects the Purāṇic view that inner purity and disciplined conduct support higher knowledge, but it does not directly define Ātman.
No specific yogic technique is taught here; the verse emphasizes ritual and social discipline (proper handling of death-contact and its purification period), which in the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis functions as a prerequisite for steadiness (śuddhi) supportive of sādhana.
It does not explicitly discuss Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it belongs to the dharma section on funerary conduct, which the Kurma Purana integrates alongside its later devotional–yogic teachings.