Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 23
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
मरणोत्पत्तियोगे तु मरणाच्छुद्धिरिष्यते / अघवृद्धिमदाशौचमूर्घ्वं चेत् तेन शुध्यति
maraṇotpattiyoge tu maraṇācchuddhiriṣyate / aghavṛddhimadāśaucamūrghvaṃ cet tena śudhyati
Quando morte e nascimento coincidem (havendo sobreposição de aśauca), a purificação é prescrita apenas pela impureza da morte. Se o aśauca, de outro modo, se estenderia por aumento de aghā (impureza funerária adicional), torna-se puro ao completar exatamente esse prazo (relativo à morte).
Sūta (narrator) conveying Kurma Purana’s dharma-śāstric rule
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily a dharma rule about ritual impurity (aśauca) and social purification; it does not directly teach ātman-metaphysics, but it supports the Purana’s broader ethic that outer discipline and inner purity should be harmonized.
No specific yoga technique is taught here; the focus is niyama-like discipline—regulated conduct during aśauca—often treated in the Kurma Purana as supportive of sattva and mental steadiness, which in turn aids sādhana.
It does not explicitly discuss Shiva–Vishnu unity; instead it presents shared Purāṇic dharma norms that both Shaiva and Vaishnava traditions uphold, reflecting the Kurma Purana’s integrative religious culture.