Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 52
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
अवरश्चेद् वरं वर्णमवरं वा वरो यदि / अशौचे संस्पृशेत् स्नेहात् तदाशौचेन शुध्यति
avaraśced varaṃ varṇamavaraṃ vā varo yadi / aśauce saṃspṛśet snehāt tadāśaucena śudhyati
ಕೀಳ್ವರ್ಣದವನು ಸ್ನೇಹದಿಂದ ಅಶೌಚಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೇಲ್ವರ್ಣದವನನ್ನು ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಸಿದರೂ, ಅಥವಾ ಮೇಲ್ವರ್ಣದವನು ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಕೀಳ್ವರ್ಣದವನನ್ನು ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಸಿದರೂ—ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಸಿದವನು ಆ ಅಶೌಚವನ್ನೇ ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕ ಆಚರಿಸಿ ಶುದ್ಧನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing sages on dharma (aśauca-vidhi)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it treats purity/impurity as observances governing embodied social life (deha-dharma), implying that the deeper Self is not intrinsically tainted, while conduct is regulated for dharmic order.
No direct yogic technique is taught; the verse supplies the ethical-social discipline (yama-like restraint and dharma-niyama) that supports higher practice, including Pashupata-oriented purification through regulated conduct.
Not explicitly; it reflects the Purana’s synthesis by presenting dharma as a shared foundation for devotion and liberation, whether approached through Shaiva (Pashupata) or Vaishnava frameworks.