Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 67
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
सत्रिणो व्रतिनस्तावत् सद्यः शौचा उदाहृताः / राजा चैवाभिषिक्तश्च प्राणसत्रिण एव च
satriṇo vratinastāvat sadyaḥ śaucā udāhṛtāḥ / rājā caivābhiṣiktaśca prāṇasatriṇa eva ca
സത്രത്തിൽ ഏർപ്പെട്ട സത്രിണരും വ്രതധാരികളും ‘സദ്യഃ-ശൗച’ (തൽക്ഷണ ശുദ്ധി) ഉള്ളവരെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു. അതുപോലെ അഭിഷിക്തനായ രാജാവും പ്രാണ-സത്രം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നവനും തൽക്ഷണം ശുദ്ധനായി കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Traditional narration within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching context (sage-to-king instruction framework)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
This verse is primarily dharma-śāstra in focus: it defines immediate ritual purity for certain roles. Indirectly, it supports the Kurma Purana’s broader ideal that disciplined duty (yajña, vrata, rāja-dharma) purifies the practitioner and prepares the mind for higher knowledge of Ātman taught elsewhere.
The verse highlights vrata (disciplined observance) and yajña-oriented life as purifying disciplines. In the Kurma Purana’s integrated path, such regulated conduct functions as preparatory purification (śuddhi) that supports steadiness for meditation and Pāśupata-oriented spiritual practice described in other sections.
It does not explicitly mention Shiva or Vishnu; it addresses purity rules in a shared dharmic framework. This reflects the Purana’s synthesis: the same disciplines of purity and duty are treated as valid supports for devotion and realization across Shaiva-Vaishnava teachings.