Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 30
Prāyaścitta for Mahāpātakas: Liquor, Theft, Sexual Transgression, Contact with the Fallen, and Homicide
उदक्यागमने विप्रस्त्रिरात्रेण विशुध्यति / चाण्डालीगमने चैव तप्तकृच्छ्रत्रयं विदुः / सह सांतपनेनास्य नान्यथा निष्कृतिः स्मृता
udakyāgamane viprastrirātreṇa viśudhyati / cāṇḍālīgamane caiva taptakṛcchratrayaṃ viduḥ / saha sāṃtapanenāsya nānyathā niṣkṛtiḥ smṛtā
ប្រសិនបើព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍បានរួមភេទជាមួយស្ត្រីកំពុងមានរដូវ គាត់នឹងសុទ្ធសាធដោយការប្រាយសេចក្ដីសុចរិតបីយប់។ តែបើបានរួមភេទជាមួយស្ត្រីចណ្ឌាលី អ្នកប្រាជ្ញកំណត់ឲ្យធ្វើតប្តក្រឹច្ឆ្រ (Taptakṛcchra) បីដង ហើយបន្ថែមពិធីសាំតបន (Sāṃtapana) ដោយគ្មានការប្រាយផ្សេងទៀតសម្រាប់គាត់។
Traditional Purāṇic narrator (instructional dharma discourse within the Kurma Purana)
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
This verse does not directly teach ātman-metaphysics; it frames dharma as purification (śuddhi) through disciplined expiation, which in the Purāṇic system supports inner clarity needed for higher knowledge and yoga.
No explicit meditative technique is taught here; instead, it emphasizes prāyaścitta (kṛcchra, sāṃtapana) as ethical-ritual self-restraint, a preparatory discipline that Purāṇas often treat as a foundation for yoga and steadiness of mind.
The verse is primarily dharma-legal and does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly; within the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, such dharma prescriptions function as shared normative groundwork for devotion and yoga across both traditions.