Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 3
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
शुचीनक्रोधनान् भूम्यान् शालाग्नौ भावयेद् द्विजान् / शुष्कान्नेन फलैर्वापि वैतानं जुहुयात् तथा
śucīnakrodhanān bhūmyān śālāgnau bhāvayed dvijān / śuṣkānnena phalairvāpi vaitānaṃ juhuyāt tathā
ಶುದ್ಧರೂ ಕ್ರೋಧರಹಿತರೂ ಆದ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರನ್ನು ಗೃಹಾಗ್ನಿಯ ಬಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲದ ಮೇಲೆ ಕುಳ್ಳಿರಿಸಿ ಗೌರವದಿಂದ ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸಬೇಕು; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಒಣ ಧಾನ್ಯಗಳಿಂದಲೋ ಅಥವಾ ಫಲಗಳಿಂದಲೋ ವೈತಾನ ಹೋಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಹುತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು।
Narrator (Purāṇic instruction attributed in context to the teaching lineage of sages; framed as dharma-vidhi in the Kurma Purana)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it teaches dharma through external discipline—purity, non-anger, and correct sacrifice—which in the Kurma Purana functions as preparatory purification (śuddhi) supporting higher realization taught elsewhere.
Rather than a seated meditation, the practice here is karma-yoga in a Vedic mode: honoring sāttvika Brahmanas and performing vaitāna-homa with simple offerings (dry grains or fruits), cultivating purity, restraint, and steadiness—foundational supports for later yogic instruction.
No explicit Shiva–Vishnu statement appears here; the synthesis is implicit in the Purana’s method—ritual dharma and inner discipline are treated as compatible paths leading toward the same supreme reality, elaborated more directly in the Ishvara Gita sections.
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