Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 28
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
स्त्रीणामसंस्कृतानां तु प्रदानात् पूर्वतः सदा / सपिण्डानां त्रिरात्रं स्यात् संस्कारे भर्तुरेव हि
strīṇāmasaṃskṛtānāṃ tu pradānāt pūrvataḥ sadā / sapiṇḍānāṃ trirātraṃ syāt saṃskāre bhartureva hi
សម្រាប់ស្ត្រីដែលមិនទាន់ទទួលសំស្ការៈ (saṃskāra) នោះ ពិធីតែងតែត្រូវធ្វើដោយរាប់ថា នាងស្ថិតក្នុងវង្សមុនការរៀបការ។ ចំពោះសពិណ្ឌៈ កំណត់អសោចៈបីយប់—ព្រោះក្នុងកិច្ចសំស្ការៈទាំងនេះ ការចងក្រងពិធីរបស់ស្ត្រីត្រូវចាត់ថា ស្ថិតជាមួយប្តី។
Sūta (narrator) relaying the Kurma Purana’s dharma-śāstric injunctions to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
This verse is primarily dharma-śāstric, focusing on saṃskāra, kinship, and aśauca; it does not directly teach ātman-doctrine, but it frames the ethical-ritual order (dharma) that the Purana treats as supportive of higher spiritual pursuit.
No specific yoga practice is taught here; instead, it establishes ritual purity and lineage-duty rules that, in the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, function as preparatory discipline (niyama-like restraint) for sādhana, including Pāśupata-oriented devotion and contemplation.
It does not explicitly discuss Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it contributes to the shared Purāṇic framework where correct dharma (rites like śrāddha and saṃskāra) undergirds devotion to the Supreme, whether approached through Śaiva or Vaiṣṇava idioms in the Kurma Purana.