Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 48
Dharma of Non-Injury, Non-Stealing, Purity, and Avoidance of Hypocrisy (Ācāra and Saṅkarya-Nivṛtti)
न पश्येत् प्रेतसंस्पर्शं न क्रुद्धस्य गुरोर्मुखम् / न तैलोदकयोश्छायां न पत्नीं भोजने सति / नामुक्तबन्धनाङ्गां वा नोन्मत्तं मत्तमेव वा
na paśyet pretasaṃsparśaṃ na kruddhasya gurormukham / na tailodakayośchāyāṃ na patnīṃ bhojane sati / nāmuktabandhanāṅgāṃ vā nonmattaṃ mattameva vā
جس شخص پر لاش کے لمس کی آلودگی ہو اُسے نہ دیکھے، اور نہ ہی غضبناک استاد کے چہرے کی طرف نظر کرے۔ تیل یا پانی میں اپنا عکس نہ دیکھے، اور کھانے کے وقت بیوی کو نہ دیکھے۔ جس کے اعضا بندھن سے آزاد نہ ہوں، دیوانے کو اور نشے میں مست کو بھی نہ دیکھے۔
Kurma Purana narrator (instructional dharma-ācāra section; traditionally framed through the Purana’s sage-to-sage discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
Indirectly: it emphasizes disciplined sense-restraint and purity of perception, which support inner clarity (śuddhi) needed for realizing the Self beyond sensory agitation.
A practical restraint (niyama/ācāra) teaching: regulating what one deliberately looks at to prevent mental disturbance—an ethical support for concentration (dhāraṇā) and steadiness of mind.
It does not mention Shiva or Vishnu explicitly; it reflects the shared dharmic foundation used in the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis—purity, restraint, and reverence toward the guru as common prerequisites for higher worship and yoga.