Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 1
Aśauca-vidhi — Rules of Birth/Death Impurity, Sapinda Circles, and Śrāddha Sequence
इति श्रीकूर्मपुराणे षट्साहस्त्र्यां संहितायामुपरिविभागे द्वाविशो ऽध्यायः इन् रेए निछ्त् ज़ुल्äस्सिगे ज़ेइछेन्: व्यास उवाच दशाहं प्राहुराशौचं सपिण्डेषु विपश्चितः / मृतेषु वाथ जातेषु ब्राह्मणानां द्विजोत्तमाः
iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge dvāviśo 'dhyāyaḥ IN REE NICHT ZULÄSSIGE ZEICHEN: vyāsa uvāca daśāhaṃ prāhurāśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vipaścitaḥ / mṛteṣu vātha jāteṣu brāhmaṇānāṃ dvijottamāḥ
毗耶娑说：智者宣称，在萨品达（以丧祭供团相系的血亲）之中，婆罗门——二次生者之最上——逢有死亡时当守十日阿修迦（仪式不净），有出生时亦复如是。
Vyasa
Primary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse does not directly teach Ātman-metaphysics; it frames dharma through āśauca discipline, which supports purity, steadiness, and eligibility for Vedic rites that, in the broader Kurma Purana, culminate in knowledge and devotion leading toward realization.
No specific yoga technique is stated; the instruction concerns ritual observance. In the Kurma Purana’s larger yogic-dharmic synthesis, such restraints (niyama-like discipline) protect the practitioner’s regimen of japa, worship, and meditation by defining periods when certain rites are paused.
It does not explicitly mention Shiva or Vishnu; it reflects the Purana’s integrative method where practical dharma (purity rules, śrāddha frameworks) coexists with higher Shaiva-Vaishnava spiritual teachings found elsewhere in the Upari-bhaga.