Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 1
Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे सप्तदशो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः अहन्यहनि कर्तव्यं ब्राह्मणानां महामुने / तदाचक्ष्वाखिलं कर्म येन मुच्येत बन्धनात्
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ahanyahani kartavyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ mahāmune / tadācakṣvākhilaṃ karma yena mucyeta bandhanāt
یوں شری کورم پران کی شٹ ساہستری سنہتا کے اُپری وِبھاغ میں سترھواں ادھیائے شروع ہوتا ہے۔ رشیوں نے کہا—اے مہامُنے! برہمنوں کے روزانہ کے تمام فرائض بیان کیجیے، جن سے بندھن سے نجات ہو۔
The sages (Ṛṣayaḥ)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It does not define Ātman directly; it frames the practical doorway to freedom—daily disciplined dharma (nitya-karma) performed in a liberating orientation, preparing one for knowledge and devotion that culminate in mokṣa.
No single technique is named; the verse points to nitya-karma as a karma-yogic discipline—daily regulated conduct and rites that purify bondage-producing tendencies and support higher yoga (including Pāśupata-oriented devotion and inner restraint taught elsewhere in the Upari-bhāga).
Indirectly: the request for ‘bondage-releasing’ dharma anticipates the Kurma Purana’s integrative teaching where duty, devotion, and yoga converge—often expressed through a Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis in which liberation is approached through Īśvara-centered practice rather than sectarian opposition.