Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 80
Brahmacārin-Dharma: Guru-Sevā, Daily Vedic Study, Gāyatrī-Japa, and Anadhyāya Regulations
अनध्यायस्तु नाङ्गेषु नेतिहासपुराणयोः / न धर्मशास्त्रेष्वन्येषु पर्वण्येतानि वर्जयेत्
anadhyāyastu nāṅgeṣu netihāsapurāṇayoḥ / na dharmaśāstreṣvanyeṣu parvaṇyetāni varjayet
Ang paghihigpit na tinatawag na anadhyāya (pansamantalang pagtigil sa pag-aaral) ay hindi nalalapat sa mga Vedāṅga, ni sa mga Itihāsa at Purāṇa, ni sa iba pang Dharma-śāstra; kahit sa mga banal na araw ng parvan, hindi dapat umiwas sa mga ito.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing the sages (Kurma Purana discourse frame)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: it prioritizes continuous access to Purāṇic and Dharma-śāstric instruction, which is meant to sustain right understanding (dharma-jñāna) that supports realization; it does not define Ātman explicitly in this verse.
No specific āsana/prāṇāyāma is taught here; the practice emphasized is disciplined scriptural engagement—maintaining Purāṇa/Itihāsa/Dharma-śāstra study even on parvan days—supporting sādhana through continual reflection on dharma.
By exempting Purāṇas from anadhyāya, it upholds Purāṇic teaching as always appropriate—precisely the literature where the Kurma Purana advances Shaiva–Vaishnava harmony and integrated devotion; the synthesis is contextual rather than stated directly in this line.