Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 1
Prāyaścitta for Mahāpātakas — Brahmahatyā, Association with the Fallen, and Tīrtha-Based Purification
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे एकोनत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः व्यास उवाच अतः परं प्रवलक्ष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तविधिं शुभम् / हिताय सर्वविप्राणां दोषाणामपनुत्तये
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge ekonatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ vyāsa uvāca ataḥ paraṃ pravalakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhiṃ śubham / hitāya sarvaviprāṇāṃ doṣāṇāmapanuttaye
یوں شری کورم پران کی چھٹ ساہستری سنہتا کے اُتر-وِبھाग میں انتیسواں ادھیائے (آغاز)۔ ویاس نے کہا—اب میں آگے پرایَشچِتّ کی مبارک विधि واضح طور پر بیان کروں گا، تمام وِپروں کے ہِت اور دَوشوں کے ازالے کے لیے۔
Vyasa
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
This verse does not directly define Ātman; it introduces prāyaścitta (expiation) as a dharmic means to remove doṣas (moral/ritual faults), which supports inner purity that later aids spiritual realization.
No specific yoga technique is named here; the emphasis is on prāyaścitta-vidhi—disciplines of purification and restraint that function as preparatory practices (śuddhi) complementing later yogic instruction in the Upari-bhāga.
The verse is procedural and does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly; it reflects the Purāṇic synthesis indirectly by framing expiation and purity as universally auspicious dharma, a shared foundation across Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava practice in the Kūrma Purāṇa.