Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 6
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
अधीयानस्तथा यज्वा वेदविच्च पिता भवेत् / संस्पृश्याः सर्व एवैते स्नानान्माता दशाहतः
adhīyānastathā yajvā vedavicca pitā bhavet / saṃspṛśyāḥ sarva evaite snānānmātā daśāhataḥ
வேதம் ஓதுகின்றவனாகவும், யாகம் செய்தவனாகவும், வேதஞானியாகவும் உள்ள தந்தை (சுத்தன்) ஆவான். இவர்கள் அனைவரும் தொடத்தக்கவர்; ஆனால் தாய் பத்து இரவுகள் கடந்த பின் குளித்தாலே சுத்தம் பெறுவாள்.
Sūta (narrating traditional dharma instructions as preserved in the Purāṇic dialogue)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily a dharma-śāstra style rule on ritual purity (śauca/āśauca), not a direct teaching on Ātman; its focus is on social-ritual eligibility and purification periods.
No specific yoga or meditation method is taught in this line; it instead supports the broader Kurma Purana framework where disciplined conduct (niyama-like purity observances) undergirds higher practices such as Pāśupata-oriented devotion and contemplation.
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu theology; it contributes to the Purāṇa’s dharma foundation—purity, duty, and sacrificial culture—within which the text later presents its synthetic Shaiva-Vaishnava spiritual vision.