Shloka 45
Karma-yoga Discipline for the Twice-born: Upanayana, Upavīta Conduct, Guru-veneration, and Alms-regimen
अभिवाद्याश्च पूज्यश्च शिरसा वन्द्य एव च / ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियाद्यैश्च श्रीकामैः सादरं सदा
abhivādyāśca pūjyaśca śirasā vandya eva ca / brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyādyaiśca śrīkāmaiḥ sādaraṃ sadā
ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियाद्यैः श्रीकामैः सदा सादरम् अभिवाद्यः पूज्यः शिरसा वन्द्यश्च।
Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) instructing King Indradyumna (dharma-upadeśa context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames dharma as a means of inner purification—reverence toward the spiritually disciplined (brāhmaṇas) supports sattva and prepares the seeker for Self-knowledge, which the Kurma Purana later presents in a more explicit yoga-jñāna idiom.
No specific technique is named; the practice implied is dharmic humility (namaskāra, pūjā, abhivādana) as a foundational discipline that steadies the mind, supports ethical restraint, and harmonizes social conduct with spiritual aspiration.
By presenting dharma as universally authoritative rather than sectarian: the reverence shown to the custodians of Vedic and yogic discipline is compatible with both Vaiṣṇava devotion (to Kūrma/Vishnu) and Śaiva-Pāśupata orientation, reflecting the Purana’s integrative stance.