Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 56
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
अस्थिसंचयनादर्वागेकाहं क्षत्रवैश्ययोः / अन्यथा चैव सज्योतिर्ब्राह्मणे स्नानमेव तु
asthisaṃcayanādarvāgekāhaṃ kṣatravaiśyayoḥ / anyathā caiva sajyotirbrāhmaṇe snānameva tu
Avant la collecte des os (après la crémation), la période d’impureté n’est que d’un jour pour les kṣatriya et les vaiśya. Autrement, pour un brāhmaṇa, la purification est immédiate : par le seul bain.
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Kurma Purana’s dharma-vidhi on śauca/āśauca
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily dharma-vidhi (ritual law) rather than ātma-tattva: it regulates external purity (śauca/āśauca) through time and bathing, not the metaphysics of the Self.
No explicit yoga practice is taught here; the emphasis is on purification through snāna and time-bound observance after asthi-saṃcayana, which supports ritual fitness for later mantra, worship, and sādhana.
It does not directly discuss Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it reflects the Purana’s broader synthesis by upholding orthodox dharma procedures that frame both Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva worship as requiring proper śauca.