Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 15
Snātaka and Gṛhastha-Dharma: Conduct, Marriage Norms, Daily Rites, and Liberating Virtues
अब्यसेत् प्रयतो वेदं महायज्ञान् न हापयेत् / कुर्याद् गृह्याणि कर्माणि संध्योपासनमेव च
abyaset prayato vedaṃ mahāyajñān na hāpayet / kuryād gṛhyāṇi karmāṇi saṃdhyopāsanameva ca
સંયમ અને શુચિતાથી પ્રયત્નપૂર્વક વેદનો અભ્યાસ કરવો, મહાયજ્ઞો કદી ન છોડવા. ગૃહ્ય કર્મો કરવા અને વિશેષ કરીને સંધ્યા-ઉપાસના અવશ્ય કરવી.
Traditional narrator in the Kurma Purana (instructional dharma-teaching context within the Purva-bhaga)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It does not define Ātman directly; it frames the path of purification—Vedic study, great duties, and Sandhyā worship—as preparatory discipline that steadies the mind for higher knowledge of the Self taught elsewhere in the Purana.
Sandhyopāsanā is emphasized as a daily contemplative rite: regulated prayer, mantra-recitation (often Gāyatrī), and inner recollection at dawn/dusk—supporting yogic steadiness while remaining rooted in gṛhya and Vedic obligations.
The verse is non-sectarian in wording: it stresses orthodox Vedic discipline and twilight worship without naming a deity, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis where devotion and duty can be directed toward the one Supreme revered as both Śiva and Viṣṇu in different contexts.