Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 60
Daily Duties of Brāhmaṇas: Snāna, Sandhyā, Sūrya-hṛdaya, Japa, Tarpaṇa, and the Pañca-mahāyajñas
मृत्तिका च समुद्दिष्टा त्वार्द्रामलकमात्रिका / गोमयस्य प्रमाणं तत् तेनाङ्गं लेपयेत् ततः
mṛttikā ca samuddiṣṭā tvārdrāmalakamātrikā / gomayasya pramāṇaṃ tat tenāṅgaṃ lepayet tataḥ
مٹی بھی شریعتِ رسم میں مقرر ہے—تر آملک (آملہ) کے برابر مقدار۔ گوبر کا بھی یہی پیمانہ ہے؛ اسی سے بدن پر لیپ کر کے پھر آگے کی विधि کرے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic instruction in a dharma/śauca section; traditionally transmitted by Vyāsa/Sūta in the frame narrative)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
Indirectly: by prescribing external śauca (cleanliness), it supports the broader purāṇic principle that bodily and ritual purity steadies the mind, which is a prerequisite for inward inquiry into the ātman.
It highlights a preparatory discipline (bahya-śauca): measured use of clay and gomaya for bodily purification, a supporting limb for higher practice—helping cultivate sattva, steadiness, and eligibility for mantra, worship, and meditative yoga taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
Not explicitly; however, the shared dharma of purification functions across Shaiva and Vaishnava observance in the Kurma Purana’s synthesis—external śauca is presented as a universal foundation for devotion and yoga regardless of sectarian form.