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Shloka 33

Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence

प्रेते राजनि सज्योतिर्यस्य स्याद् विषये स्थितिः / गृहे मृतासु दत्तासु कन्यकासु त्र्यहं पितुः

prete rājani sajyotiryasya syād viṣaye sthitiḥ / gṛhe mṛtāsu dattāsu kanyakāsu tryahaṃ pituḥ

เมื่อกษัตริย์สิ้นพระชนม์ในแว่นแคว้นที่มีไฟศักดิ์สิทธิ์สัชโยติ (ตั้งมั่น) ดำรงอยู่ อศौจมีสามวัน และสำหรับบิดา เมื่อบุตรีที่อยู่เรือนหรือบุตรีที่ได้ยกให้แต่งงานแล้วถึงแก่กรรม ก็มีอศौจสามวัน

प्रेतेwhen (someone is) deceased / in the case of the departed
प्रेते:
अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रेत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; Locative singular
राजनिin the case of a king
राजनि:
अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; Locative singular
स-ज्योतिःwith splendour/light
स-ज्योतिः:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootस (अव्यय ‘with’) + ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; adjective used predicatively (‘with light/with splendour’)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; relative pronoun
स्यात्should be/is to be
स्यात्:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; Parasmaipada
विषयेin the realm/territory
विषये:
अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootविषय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; Locative singular
स्थितिःpresence/continuance
स्थितिः:
कर्ता (Subject/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular
गृहेin the house
गृहे:
अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; Locative singular
मृतासु(when) dead
मृतासु:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृत (√मृ धातु + क्त, कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; agrees with कन्यकासु
दत्तासुgiven (in marriage)
दत्तासु:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootदत्त (√दा धातु + क्त, कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; agrees with कन्यकासु
कन्यकासुin the case of daughters/maidens
कन्यकासु:
अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; Locative plural
त्र्यहम्three days (for three days)
त्र्यहम्:
कर्म (द्वितीया/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि + अहन्/अह (प्रातिपदिक; कालवाचक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; time-measure noun
पितुःof the father
पितुः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; Genitive singular

Sūta (narrating dharma-vidhi taught in the Kurma Purana tradition)

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

K
Kurma Purana
A
aśauca
P
preta-karma
R
rājā
V
varṇāśrama-dharma

FAQs

It does not teach ātma-tattva directly; it frames spiritual life through dharma—showing how ritual order and purity disciplines support steadiness (sthiti) for higher realization taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.

No specific yoga technique is stated; the verse emphasizes dhārmic regulation (aśauca limits and household fire/rite continuity), which the Purana treats as supportive discipline for later devotional and yogic practice.

It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it belongs to the dharma section that provides the ethical-ritual foundation upon which the Purana later presents integrated Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava theology and yoga.