Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 48
Dharma of Non-Injury, Non-Stealing, Purity, and Avoidance of Hypocrisy (Ācāra and Saṅkarya-Nivṛtti)
न पश्येत् प्रेतसंस्पर्शं न क्रुद्धस्य गुरोर्मुखम् / न तैलोदकयोश्छायां न पत्नीं भोजने सति / नामुक्तबन्धनाङ्गां वा नोन्मत्तं मत्तमेव वा
na paśyet pretasaṃsparśaṃ na kruddhasya gurormukham / na tailodakayośchāyāṃ na patnīṃ bhojane sati / nāmuktabandhanāṅgāṃ vā nonmattaṃ mattameva vā
प्रेत-संस्पर्श से दूषित व्यक्ति को न देखे, और क्रुद्ध गुरु के मुख की ओर भी न देखे। तेल या जल में अपना प्रतिबिम्ब न देखे, तथा भोजन करते समय पत्नी को न देखे। जिसके अंग बन्धन से मुक्त न हों उसे, न उन्मत्त को और न मद्यप को देखे।
Kurma Purana narrator (instructional dharma-ācāra section; traditionally framed through the Purana’s sage-to-sage discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
Indirectly: it emphasizes disciplined sense-restraint and purity of perception, which support inner clarity (śuddhi) needed for realizing the Self beyond sensory agitation.
A practical restraint (niyama/ācāra) teaching: regulating what one deliberately looks at to prevent mental disturbance—an ethical support for concentration (dhāraṇā) and steadiness of mind.
It does not mention Shiva or Vishnu explicitly; it reflects the shared dharmic foundation used in the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis—purity, restraint, and reverence toward the guru as common prerequisites for higher worship and yoga.