Shloka 66
Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
द्रुपदां वा त्रिरभ्यस्येद् व्याहृतिप्रणवान्विताम् / सावित्रीं वा जपेद् विद्वान् तथा चैवाघमर्षणम्
drupadāṃ vā trirabhyasyed vyāhṛtipraṇavānvitām / sāvitrīṃ vā japed vidvān tathā caivāghamarṣaṇam
Ou bien, qu’on récite trois fois l’hymne Gāyatrī aux trois pieds, accompagné des vyāhṛti « bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ » et du Praṇava « Oṁ ». Ou que le sage fasse le japa de la Sāvitrī (mantra Gāyatrī), et de même de l’Aghamarṣaṇa, l’hymne qui efface le péché.
Narrator (Purāṇic discourse voice, traditionally Sūta reporting the teaching of sages)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it presents mantra-japa as a purifying discipline that steadies buddhi and removes pāpa-obstructions, preparing the practitioner for Self-knowledge (ātma-jñāna) taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purāṇa.
Mantra-yoga through regulated japa/recitation—Gāyatrī with vyāhṛtis and Oṁ, and the Aghamarṣaṇa—used as prāyaścitta and as a daily sādhana for inner purification and concentration.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it emphasizes shared Vedic foundations (Oṁ, vyāhṛtis, Gāyatrī) that both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava traditions in the Kurma Purāṇa accept as common purificatory and yogic practice.