Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 15
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
सद्यः शौचं सपिण्डानां कर्तव्यं सोदरस्य च / ऊर्ध्वं दशाहादेकाहं सोदरो यदि निर्गुणः
sadyaḥ śaucaṃ sapiṇḍānāṃ kartavyaṃ sodarasya ca / ūrdhvaṃ daśāhādekāhaṃ sodaro yadi nirguṇaḥ
សម្រាប់សពិណ្ឌ (សាច់ញាតិឈាមក្នុងវង់បិណ្ឌ) និងសម្រាប់បងប្អូនពោះតែមួយ ការបរិសុទ្ធត្រូវធ្វើភ្លាមៗ។ ប៉ុន្តែបន្ទាប់ពីរយៈពេលដប់ថ្ងៃ ប្រសិនបើបងប្អូននោះជា «និរគុណ» (មិនមានសិទ្ធិ/មិនមានលក្ខណៈសមស្របសម្រាប់ពិធីពេញលេញ) នោះអាសោចមានតែ១ថ្ងៃប៉ុណ្ណោះ។
Sūta (narrator) conveying Dharma-śāstra style injunctions within the Kurma Purana discourse
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
This verse is primarily a Dharma injunction on ritual purity (śauca) and does not directly teach Ātman metaphysics; indirectly, it supports the Purāṇic view that disciplined conduct (dharma) purifies life and makes one fit for higher knowledge.
No specific yogic technique is taught here; the ‘practice’ emphasized is niyama-like discipline—observing śauca/aśauca regulations—often treated in Purāṇas as a prerequisite ethical purity supporting mantra, worship, and later contemplative paths.
It does not explicitly address Shiva–Vishnu unity; it belongs to the Kurma Purana’s dharma section, which provides the shared ritual-ethical ground on which both Shaiva and Vaishnava sādhanā are practiced.