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Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 76

Brahmacārin-Dharma: Guru-Sevā, Daily Vedic Study, Gāyatrī-Japa, and Anadhyāya Regulations

Devanagari script

समानविद्ये च मृते तथा सब्रह्मचारिणि / आचार्ये संस्थिते वापि त्रिरात्रं क्षपणं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

samānavidye ca mṛte tathā sabrahmacāriṇi / ācārye saṃsthite vāpi trirātraṃ kṣapaṇaṃ smṛtam

Translation

同じ聖なる学を修めた者が亡くなるとき、あるいは同梵行の brahmacārin が亡くなるとき、または師 ācārya が入滅するときでさえ、三夜の浄めの行（kṣapaṇa）が定められている。

Word by Word
समानविद्येin/with a fellow-student of the same learning
समानविद्ये:
अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसमान (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative; समान-विद्यः/विद्या यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
चand
च:
समुच्चय (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
मृतेwhen (he) has died / in the case of death
मृते:
अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय) → मृत (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘समानविद्ये’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
तथाlikewise
तथा:
प्रकार (manner adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)
सब्रह्मचारिणिin the case of a fellow brahmacārin
सब्रह्मचारिणि:
अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस (उपसर्ग/सह) + ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सह/स-पूर्वक), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
आचार्येwhen the teacher (ācārya)
आचार्ये:
अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootआचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
संस्थितेhas departed / has died
संस्थिते:
अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘आचार्ये’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
वाor
वा:
विकल्प (alternative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)
अपिalso / even
अपि:
सम्बन्ध (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; emphasis)
त्रिरात्रम्three nights (a period of three nights)
त्रिरात्रम्:
कर्म (Karma/कर्म; object of ‘स्मृतम्’ as prescribed)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (संख्या) + रात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्विगु-समास (numerical), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन
क्षपणम्fasting / expiation by abstinence
क्षपणम्:
कर्म (Karma/कर्म; thing prescribed)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षपण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन
स्मृतम्is declared / is prescribed
स्मृतम्:
विधेय (predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → स्मृत (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) used predicatively; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘विहितम्/प्रोक्तम्’ (is prescribed/declared)
Speaker

Traditional Purāṇic narrator (dharma-instruction within the Kurma Purana’s discourse)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
B
Brahmacārin
Ā
Ācārya

FAQs

This verse is primarily a dharma injunction about aśauca and purification; it does not directly define Ātman, but it supports the Purāṇic view that disciplined conduct and ritual purity steady the mind for higher knowledge of the Self.

No specific yoga technique is taught here; the practice is kṣapaṇa for three nights—an ethical-ritual observance that aligns with śauca (purity), a supportive limb for sādhana and contemplative stability.

It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; its contribution to the Kurma Purana’s synthesis is indirect—affirming shared dharma frameworks that both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava traditions uphold as foundations for spiritual realization.

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