Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 60
Brahmacārin-Dharma: Guru-Sevā, Daily Vedic Study, Gāyatrī-Japa, and Anadhyāya Regulations
छन्दांस्यूर्ध्वमथोभ्यस्येच्छुक्लपक्षेषु वै द्विजः / वेदाङ्गानि पुराणानि कृष्णपक्षे च मानवम्
chandāṃsyūrdhvamathobhyasyecchuklapakṣeṣu vai dvijaḥ / vedāṅgāni purāṇāni kṛṣṇapakṣe ca mānavam
சுக்லபக்ஷத்தில் இருபிறப்பன் வேதச் சந்தஸ்களைப் படிக்க வேண்டும்; கிருஷ்ணபக்ஷத்தில் வேதாங்கங்களையும் புராணங்களையும் படிக்க வேண்டும்—இவ்வாறு மனிதன் புனிதக் கல்வியில் ஈடுபட வேண்டும்.
Sūta (Purāṇic narrator) conveying traditional dharma-instructions of the Kurma Purana
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it frames disciplined svādhyāya (scriptural study) as a dharmic foundation. In the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis, such ordered learning prepares the mind for higher inquiry (ātma-jñāna) taught more explicitly in later philosophical sections.
The verse highlights svādhyāya as a yogic discipline—regulated study aligned with lunar time (śukla/kṛṣṇa pakṣa). In the Kurma Purana’s Pāśupata-leaning ethos, this supports mental purity, mantra-competence, and steadiness needed for meditation and worship.
It does so implicitly through the Purāṇic model of harmony: Vedic learning (chandas, vedāṅga) and Purāṇic teaching together form a unified sacred curriculum, consistent with the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis where sectarian teachings are integrated under dharma.