Shloka 8

Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas

Devanagari script

अलक्ष्मीः कालकर्णो च दुः स्वप्नं दुर्विचिन्तितम् / प्रातः स्नानेन पापानि पूयन्ते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

alakṣmīḥ kālakarṇo ca duḥ svapnaṃ durvicintitam / prātaḥ snānena pāpāni pūyante nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

อาลักษมี กาลการณะ ความฝันร้าย และความคิดอันเศร้าหมอง—ด้วยการอาบน้ำยามเช้า บาปทั้งหลายย่อมถูกชำระ; ในข้อนี้ไม่มีความสงสัยเลย।

Word by Word

• अलक्ष्मीः: misfortune
• अलक्ष्मीः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom sg)

• कालकर्णः: Kālakarṇa (personified ill-luck)
• कालकर्णः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla-karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कालस्य कर्णः/कालकर्ण-नामकः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• दुःस्वप्नम्: bad dream
• दुःस्वप्नम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥ-svapna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (दुष्टः स्वप्नः)

• दुर्विचिन्तितम्: evil thought/ill-considered thinking
• दुर्विचिन्तितम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dur-vicintita (कृदन्त; √cint ‘to think’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः—कर्मधारय (दुष्टं विचिन्तितम्)

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• स्नानेन: by bathing
• स्नानेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन (Instr sg)

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (Nom pl)

• पूयन्ते: are purified
• पूयन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pū (धातु)
• Form: लट्; आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (are purified)

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Kūrma (Vishnu) instructing on dharma and daily purification (ācāra) in a didactic passage

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Alakṣmī
• Kālakārṇa

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it emphasizes removing pāpa and inner impurity (seen as misfortune, bad dreams, and distorted thinking). Such purification supports clarity (sattva) through which knowledge of the Self becomes steady.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

A foundational niyama-like discipline: prātaḥ-snāna (morning bathing) as external and internal purification. In the Kurma Purana’s broader yogic ethic, bodily cleanliness supports mental cleanliness, reducing duḥsvapna and durvicintana that obstruct meditation.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

It reflects their shared dharmic-yogic emphasis: whether framed in Vaiṣṇava devotion (Kūrma/Vishnu) or Śaiva-Pāśupata discipline, purity of conduct and mind is treated as a common prerequisite for spiritual progress.