Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 25
Vānaprastha-Dharma: Forest Discipline, Vaikhānasa Austerities, and Śiva-Āśrama as the Liberative Refuge
चान्द्रायणविधानैर्वा शुक्ले कृष्णे च वर्तयेत् / पक्षे पक्षे समश्नीयाद् यवागूं क्वथितां सकृत्
cāndrāyaṇavidhānairvā śukle kṛṣṇe ca vartayet / pakṣe pakṣe samaśnīyād yavāgūṃ kvathitāṃ sakṛt
ਜਾਂ ਚਾਂਦ੍ਰਾਯਣ ਵਰਤ ਦੀ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਸ਼ੁਕਲ ਤੇ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਪੱਖ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿਯਮ ਨਾਲ ਵਰਤੇ; ਅਤੇ ਹਰ ਪੱਖ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੇਵਲ ਇਕ ਵਾਰ ਸਮ ਮਾਤਰਾ ਦੀ ਪਕੀ ਹੋਈ ਜੌ ਦੀ ਯਵਾਗੂ ਗ੍ਰਹਿਣ ਕਰੇ।
Vyasa (narrative voice) describing dharma/prāyaścitta discipline to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames bodily discipline (niyama/tapas) as a purificatory support for inner clarity, which traditional Purāṇic yoga uses to steady the mind toward Self-knowledge.
Austerity through regulated diet (āhāra-niyama) in the Cāndrāyaṇa pattern—observing waxing/waning fortnights and taking a single measured meal—serves as tapas that supports concentration and restraint.
Not explicitly; it reflects the Kurma Purana’s shared dharma framework in which purification-vratas are common preparatory disciplines for devotion and yoga across Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis.