Shloka 83
Śrāddha-vidhi for Pitṛs: Invitations, Purity, Offerings, and Conduct
अनग्निरध्वगो वापि तथैव व्यसनान्वितः / आमश्राद्धं द्विजः कुर्याद् विधिज्ञः श्रद्धयान्वितः / तेनाग्नौ करणं कुर्यात् पिण्डांस्तेनैव निर्वपेत्
anagniradhvago vāpi tathaiva vyasanānvitaḥ / āmaśrāddhaṃ dvijaḥ kuryād vidhijñaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ / tenāgnau karaṇaṃ kuryāt piṇḍāṃstenaiva nirvapet
ദ്വിജന് അഗ്നി ഇല്ലെങ്കിലും, യാത്രയിൽ ആയാലും, ദുരിതബാധിതനായാലും—വിധിജ്ഞനും ശ്രദ്ധാവാനുമായിട്ട് ‘ആമ-ശ്രാദ്ധം’ അനുഷ്ഠിക്കണം. അതേ കർമംകൊണ്ട് അഗ്നിയിൽ ആഹുതികൾ അർപ്പിക്കുകയും, അതേവിധം പിണ്ഡങ്ങളും സമർപ്പിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യണം.
Vyasa (narrator) conveying śrāddha injunctions within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teachings
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily a dharma-vidhi instruction (ritual duty) rather than an explicit ātma-tattva teaching; it emphasizes śraddhā (faithful intention) and continuity of duty even under constraints, a practical foundation that supports inner purification valued in the Kurma Purana’s broader spiritual vision.
No direct yogic technique is taught here; the practice emphasized is disciplined performance of pitṛ-yajña (śrāddha) with śraddhā, which the Purana treats as a purifying karmic discipline that steadies the mind and upholds dharma—supportive to later contemplative teachings such as Pāśupata-oriented devotion and inner restraint.
This verse does not explicitly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it reflects the Purana’s integrative dharma framework where ritual obligations (like śrāddha to the Pitṛs) are upheld as part of a unified sacred order, within which Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava syntheses are taught elsewhere (notably in the Upari-bhāga’s Īśvara-gītā context).