Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 18
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
व्रतादेशात् सपिण्डानामर्वाक् स्नानं विधीयते / सर्वेषामेव गुणिनामूर्ध्वं तु विषमं पुनः
vratādeśāt sapiṇḍānāmarvāk snānaṃ vidhīyate / sarveṣāmeva guṇināmūrdhvaṃ tu viṣamaṃ punaḥ
តាមបទបញ្ជានៃវ្រតៈ (ព្រហ្មចរិយវិន័យ) ការងូតទឹកសម្រាប់សពិណ្ឌៈ ត្រូវកំណត់រហូតដល់កម្រិតមួយ; ប៉ុន្តែសម្រាប់អ្នកមានគុណធម៌ និងមានសិទ្ធិពិធីទាំងអស់ លើសពីនោះទៅ វិន័យវិញមិនស្មើគ្នាទេ (ខុសគ្នាតាមស្ថានភាព)។
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Kurma Purana’s dharma-vidhi on vrata and śrāddha observances
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
This verse is primarily a dharma-vidhi (ritual injunction) about purity and lineage-based observance; it does not directly teach Ātman metaphysics, but frames discipline (niyama) as a support for higher spiritual practice emphasized elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
No direct meditation technique is stated; the focus is on snāna and vrata-niyama—external disciplines that, in the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, function as preparatory purification for inner Yoga such as Pāśupata-oriented restraint and worship.
It does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it reflects the Purana’s shared dharmic framework where vow, purity, and right conduct are treated as common foundations for devotion and Yoga, later harmonized in Shaiva-Vaishnava teachings.