Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 59
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
यस्तेषामन्नमश्नाति सकृदेवापि कामतः / तदाशौचे निवृत्ते ऽसौ स्नानं कृत्वा विशुध्यति
yasteṣāmannamaśnāti sakṛdevāpi kāmataḥ / tadāśauce nivṛtte 'sau snānaṃ kṛtvā viśudhyati
جو شخص اُن (آشوچ والوں) کا کھانا خواہش سے ایک بار بھی کھا لے، آشوچ کے ختم ہونے پر وہ غسل کر کے پاک ہو جاتا ہے۔
Sūta (narrating the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teachings as received from the tradition)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
Indirectly: it treats purity as a preparatory discipline (śauca) for dharma and inner clarity; the Self is unstained, but the practitioner observes āśauca–snāna rules to steady conduct and mind for higher knowledge.
Śauca (cleanliness) as a niyama-like discipline: after the impurity-period ends, one performs snāna to restore ritual fitness, supporting steadiness for mantra, worship, and yogic practice emphasized elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
Not explicitly; it reflects the shared dharma framework honored across Shaiva–Vaishnava traditions in the Kurma Purana, where outer discipline (purity rules) supports inner devotion and realization regardless of iṣṭa-devatā.