Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 5
Snātaka and Gṛhastha-Dharma: Conduct, Marriage Norms, Daily Rites, and Liberating Virtues
स्वाध्याये नित्ययुक्तः स्याद् बहिर्माल्यं न धारयेत् / अन्यत्रकाञ्चनाद् विप्रोनरक्तां बिभृयात् स्त्रजम्
svādhyāye nityayuktaḥ syād bahirmālyaṃ na dhārayet / anyatrakāñcanād vipronaraktāṃ bibhṛyāt strajam
برہمن کو ہمیشہ سوادھیائے (خود مطالعہ) میں لگن رکھنی چاہیے۔ نمائش کے لیے باہر سے ہار نہ پہنے؛ اور سونے کے سوا سرخ ہار بھی نہ دھارے۔
Traditional dharma-instruction voice within the Purana (narratorial/śāstric injunction), framed in the Kurma Purana’s teaching context
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: it prioritizes svādhyāya (scriptural recitation and contemplation), a classical means for refining buddhi and turning awareness inward, which supports recognition of the Self beyond external display.
Svādhyāya is emphasized as a daily discipline—recitation, study, and reflective assimilation—paired with restraint from outward religious display, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s broader yogic ethic of inner focus and regulated conduct.
Not explicitly; it supports the Purana’s synthesis by grounding devotion and yoga in shared dharmic discipline—inner practice over outer show—compatible with both Śaiva (Pāśupata-oriented) and Vaiṣṇava frameworks.