Shloka 72
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
पतितानां न दाहः स्यान्नान्त्येष्टिर्नास्थिसंचयः / न चाश्रुपातपिण्डौ वा कार्यं श्राद्धादि कङ्क्वचित्
patitānāṃ na dāhaḥ syānnāntyeṣṭirnāsthisaṃcayaḥ / na cāśrupātapiṇḍau vā kāryaṃ śrāddhādi kaṅkvacit
สำหรับผู้เป็นปติตะ ไม่พึงมีการเผาศพ ไม่พึงมีพิธีอันตเยษฏิ และไม่พึงเก็บอัฐิ อีกทั้งไม่พึงทำตัรปณะด้วยน้ำตาหรือถวายปิณฑะ และไม่ว่าในกรณีใดก็ไม่พึงทำศราทธะและพิธีบรรพชนอื่น ๆ ให้แก่เขา।
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Kurma Purana’s dharma-vidhi on behalf of the sages’ teaching tradition
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
Indirectly: it emphasizes dharma as the outer discipline that supports inner purification; without moral eligibility and saṃskāra-order, one is excluded from rites meant to elevate the subtle journey—implying that realization of Ātman requires purity and right conduct as a foundation.
No specific āsana or dhyāna is stated; the verse highlights ethical eligibility (adhikāra) as a prerequisite. In the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis, such dharmic restraint functions as the preparatory ground for higher disciplines like Pāśupata-oriented tapas and devotion (bhakti) that culminate in steadiness of mind.
It does not directly mention Śiva or Viṣṇu; it reflects the Purana’s shared dharma framework within which both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava paths operate—ritual order and purity are treated as common prerequisites before one enters higher teachings (including the later Ishvara-centered synthesis).