Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 73
Śrāddha-vidhi for Pitṛs: Invitations, Purity, Offerings, and Conduct
पित्र्ये स्वदित इत्येव वाक्यं गोष्ठेषु सूनृतम् / संपन्नमित्यभ्युदये दैवे रोचत इत्यपि
pitrye svadita ityeva vākyaṃ goṣṭheṣu sūnṛtam / saṃpannamityabhyudaye daive rocata ityapi
ਪਿਤ੍ਰੀ ਕਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ‘ਸ੍ਵਦਿਤਮ੍’—ਅਰਥਾਤ ‘ਚੰਗੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਰੁਚਿਆ’—ਇਹ ਮਿੱਠਾ ਤੇ ਸੱਚਾ ਬਚਨ ਬੋਲੇ; ਗੋਸ਼ਠੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਸੁਨ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ਹੀ ਯੋਗ ਹੈ। ਅਭ੍ਯੁਦਯ ਵੇਲੇ ‘ਸੰਪੰਨਮ੍’ ਅਤੇ ਦੈਵ ਕਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ‘ਰੋਚਤੇ’ ਕਹੇ।
Vyasa (narratorial instruction within the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teachings)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: it teaches sattvic discipline of speech (vāṅ-niyama) as a dharmic foundation—purifying conduct that supports inner clarity required for realizing the Ātman, a theme developed more explicitly in the Kurma Purana’s higher yoga teachings.
It highlights ethical restraint in speech—truthful, gentle, and auspicious utterance—functioning as a preparatory limb for yoga (yama-like discipline). Such regulated speech stabilizes the mind and supports ritual purity and meditative steadiness.
Not explicitly; it contributes to the Kurma Purana’s synthesis by grounding both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava paths in shared dharma: disciplined, auspicious speech in ancestral and divine rites, which underlies devotion and yoga regardless of sectarian form.