Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 62
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
सपिण्डता च पुरुषे सप्तमे विनिवर्तते / समानोदकभावस्तु जन्मनाम्नोरवेदने
sapiṇḍatā ca puruṣe saptame vinivartate / samānodakabhāvastu janmanāmnoravedane
Tư cách ‘sapiṇḍa’ (cùng phần cúng tổ tiên) chấm dứt ở người thứ bảy; còn quan hệ ‘samānodaka’ (cùng nước tế tang) áp dụng khi không biết rõ sinh quán và tên họ (tức các dấu hiệu dòng tộc không rõ).
Suta (narrating Kurma Purana’s dharma teaching as transmitted by sages)
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily a dharma-śāstra style rule on kinship for rites, not a direct Atman teaching; indirectly, it supports the Purana’s view that spiritual duty (dharma) is performed with clarity about one’s relations and ritual obligations.
No meditative technique is taught in this verse; it belongs to the Purva-bhaga’s ritual-dharma framework, which the Kurma Purana treats as a foundation that supports higher disciplines like Pāśupata-oriented devotion and yoga in other sections.
It does not address Shiva–Vishnu unity directly; it reflects the shared Purāṇic synthesis where both Shaiva and Vaishnava teachings rest upon common dharma principles such as śrāddha obligations and lineage-based ritual rules.