Shloka 1
Saṃnyāsa-dharma — Qualifications, Threefold Renunciation, and the Conduct of the Yati
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे सप्तविशो ऽध्याय व्यास उवाच एवं वनाश्रमे स्थित्वा तृतीयं भागमायुषः / चतुर्थमायुषो भागं संन्यासेन नयेत् क्रमात्
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge saptaviśo 'dhyāya vyāsa uvāca evaṃ vanāśrame sthitvā tṛtīyaṃ bhāgamāyuṣaḥ / caturthamāyuṣo bhāgaṃ saṃnyāsena nayet kramāt
พระวยาสตรัสว่า: ดังนี้เมื่อดำรงอยู่ในวานปรัสถะตลอดหนึ่งส่วนที่สามแห่งอายุแล้ว ต่อจากนั้นพึงดำเนินหนึ่งส่วนที่สี่แห่งอายุโดยลำดับในสันนยาส (การสละโลก)
Vyasa
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: by prescribing saṃnyāsa as the culminating life-stage, the verse points toward inward renunciation and Self-realization as the final aim beyond ritual duties—an approach consistent with the Kurma Purana’s synthesis of dharma and liberating knowledge.
The verse emphasizes the life-structure that supports yoga: vānaprastha (austere, simplified living conducive to practice) followed by saṃnyāsa (total renunciation), which traditionally intensifies meditation (dhyāna), dispassion (vairāgya), and pursuit of mokṣa.
This specific verse does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu; it frames a shared dharmic pathway—progressing from disciplined living to renunciation—that both Shaiva (including Pāśupata-oriented) and Vaishnava traditions in the Kurma Purana uphold as supportive of liberation.