Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 33
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
प्रेते राजनि सज्योतिर्यस्य स्याद् विषये स्थितिः / गृहे मृतासु दत्तासु कन्यकासु त्र्यहं पितुः
prete rājani sajyotiryasya syād viṣaye sthitiḥ / gṛhe mṛtāsu dattāsu kanyakāsu tryahaṃ pituḥ
જે રાજા મૃત્યુ પામે અને જેના રાજ્યમાં સજ્યોતિ (પ્રતિષ્ઠિત) અગ્નિ-પરંપરા સ્થિર હોય, ત્યાં ત્રણ દિવસનું અશૌચ. પિતાને, ઘરમાં રહેલી કે વિવાહે દત્તા કન્યાઓના મરણમાં પણ ત્રણ દિવસ અશૌચ.
Sūta (narrating dharma-vidhi taught in the Kurma Purana tradition)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It does not teach ātma-tattva directly; it frames spiritual life through dharma—showing how ritual order and purity disciplines support steadiness (sthiti) for higher realization taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
No specific yoga technique is stated; the verse emphasizes dhārmic regulation (aśauca limits and household fire/rite continuity), which the Purana treats as supportive discipline for later devotional and yogic practice.
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it belongs to the dharma section that provides the ethical-ritual foundation upon which the Purana later presents integrated Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava theology and yoga.