Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 6
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
अधीयानस्तथा यज्वा वेदविच्च पिता भवेत् / संस्पृश्याः सर्व एवैते स्नानान्माता दशाहतः
adhīyānastathā yajvā vedavicca pitā bhavet / saṃspṛśyāḥ sarva evaite snānānmātā daśāhataḥ
Người cha trở nên thanh tịnh theo nghi lễ nếu chuyên tâm học Veda, đã cử hành tế tự và là bậc thông hiểu Veda. Tất cả những người ấy đều được phép tiếp xúc; còn người mẹ chỉ được thanh tịnh sau khi tắm gội, khi mười đêm bất tịnh đã qua.
Sūta (narrating traditional dharma instructions as preserved in the Purāṇic dialogue)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily a dharma-śāstra style rule on ritual purity (śauca/āśauca), not a direct teaching on Ātman; its focus is on social-ritual eligibility and purification periods.
No specific yoga or meditation method is taught in this line; it instead supports the broader Kurma Purana framework where disciplined conduct (niyama-like purity observances) undergirds higher practices such as Pāśupata-oriented devotion and contemplation.
It does not explicitly address Śiva–Viṣṇu theology; it contributes to the Purāṇa’s dharma foundation—purity, duty, and sacrificial culture—within which the text later presents its synthetic Shaiva-Vaishnava spiritual vision.