Shloka 35
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
आचार्यपुत्रे पत्न्यां च अहोरात्रमुदाहृतम् / एकाहं स्यादुपाध्याये स्वग्रामे श्रोत्रिये ऽपि च
ācāryaputre patnyāṃ ca ahorātramudāhṛtam / ekāhaṃ syādupādhyāye svagrāme śrotriye 'pi ca
สำหรับบุตรของอาจารย์และภรรยาของอาจารย์ กำหนดอศौจหนึ่งวันหนึ่งคืน ส่วนอุปาธยาย์และศฺโรตริยะที่อยู่ในหมู่บ้านของตน กำหนดเพียงหนึ่งวันเท่านั้น
Suta (narrator) relaying a Dharma teaching within the Kurma Purana
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
This verse is primarily dharma-śāstra oriented, prescribing ashauca durations; indirectly, it supports Atman-realization by emphasizing disciplines of purity that prepare the mind for mantra, worship, and yogic steadiness.
No direct yogic technique is taught here; the verse highlights preparatory restraints (niyama-like purity observances) that protect the efficacy of japa, pūjā, and śaiva–vaiṣṇava devotional practice central to the Kurma Purana’s soteriology.
The verse does not explicitly mention Shiva or Vishnu; it contributes to the shared dharmic framework within which the Kurma Purana presents a Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, where purity rules support worship of the one Supreme expressed through multiple forms.