Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 12
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
अदन्तजातमरणे पित्रोरेकाहमिष्यते / जातदन्ते त्रिरात्रं स्याद् यदि स्यातां तु निर्गुणौ
adantajātamaraṇe pitrorekāhamiṣyate / jātadante trirātraṃ syād yadi syātāṃ tu nirguṇau
หากเด็กตายก่อนฟันขึ้น อศौจของบิดามารดากำหนดเพียงหนึ่งวัน แต่ถ้าฟันขึ้นแล้วให้ถือสามคืน ทั้งนี้เมื่อบิดามารดาไม่มีเหตุเสื่อมอื่น.
Vyasa (narration of Dharma rules within the Kurma Purana’s discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
This verse is primarily a dharma injunction on ashauca durations; it does not directly teach Atman-doctrine, but it frames disciplined living (niyama) as the social-ritual ground on which higher spiritual inquiry is traditionally pursued.
No specific meditation is taught here; the focus is ritual discipline—observing prescribed impurity periods—which functions as a preparatory ethical-ritual restraint (a niyama-like regulation) supporting steadiness for later Yoga practice in the Purana’s broader teaching.
It does not explicitly discuss Shiva–Vishnu unity; it belongs to the Purva-bhaga’s dharma material that complements the Purana’s later synthetic theology by grounding devotees in shared Vedic-puranic observance.