Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 70
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
अग्नौ मरुप्रपतने वीराध्वन्यप्यनाशके / ब्राह्मणार्थे च संन्यस्ते सद्यः शौचं विधीयते
agnau maruprapatane vīrādhvanyapyanāśake / brāhmaṇārthe ca saṃnyaste sadyaḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate
अग्नौ मरणे मरुप्रपातने वा, वीराध्वन्यपि देहस्य अनाशके सति; तथा ब्राह्मणार्थे संन्यस्ते (मृतवत् कृतनिश्चये) सद्यः शौचं विधीयते।
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching in the sages’ dialogue frame
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It does not directly teach ātma-metaphysics; it focuses on dharma—how ritual impurity is resolved when death occurs under exceptional conditions and the body is not available.
No specific yoga practice is taught in this verse; it belongs to the śauca/aśauca legal-ritual section that supports disciplined living (niyama-like purity observances) alongside the Purana’s broader spiritual teachings.
It does not address Śiva–Viṣṇu theology; it presents a dharma rule on purification, complementary to the Purana’s wider synthesis where devotion and discipline support liberation.