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Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 33

Prāyaścitta for Theft, Forbidden Foods, Impurity, and Ritual Lapses; Tīrtha–Vrata Remedies; Pativratā Mahātmyam via Sītā and Agni

Devanagari script

क्रव्यादां पक्षिणां चैव प्राश्य मूत्रपुरीषकम् / महासांतपनं मोहात् तथा कुर्याद् द्विजोत्तमः / भासमण्डूककुररे विष्किरे कृच्छ्रमाचरेत्

Transliteration

kravyādāṃ pakṣiṇāṃ caiva prāśya mūtrapurīṣakam / mahāsāṃtapanaṃ mohāt tathā kuryād dvijottamaḥ / bhāsamaṇḍūkakurare viṣkire kṛcchramācaret

Translation

若二生者因迷妄而食肉食鸟之尿粪，当行“大热苦行”——摩诃三摩他般那（Mahā-sāṃtapana）。若食鸢鸟（bhāsa）、青蛙、库拉拉鸟（kurara）或毗湿基罗鸟（viṣkira），则当修“克利车罗”苦行（Kṛcchra）。

Word by Word
क्रव्यादाम्of flesh-eating (birds)
क्रव्यादाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6 विभक्ति), बहुवचन; ‘of flesh-eaters’
पक्षिणाम्of birds
पक्षिणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6 विभक्ति), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय
एवindeed
एव:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणबोधक अव्यय
प्राश्यhaving eaten
प्राश्य:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund)
मूत्र-पुरीषकम्urine and feces
मूत्र-पुरीषकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरीषक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2 विभक्ति), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमाहारः—‘urine and feces (together)’
महा-सांतपनम्the Mahāsāṃtapana penance
महा-सांतपनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + सांतपन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2 विभक्ति), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘the great sāṃtapana (penance)’
मोहात्from delusion
मोहात्:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootमोह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5 विभक्ति), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे—‘due to delusion’
तथाthus
तथा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus/in that manner)
कुर्यात्should do
कुर्यात्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
द्विज-उत्तमःthe best twice-born (Brahmin)
द्विज-उत्तमः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1 विभक्ति), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘best among the twice-born’
भास-मण्डूक-कुररेin (the case of) bhāsa, frog, and kurara
भास-मण्डूक-कुररे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभास (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डूक (प्रातिपदिक) + कुरर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7 विभक्ति), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमाहारः—‘in the case of (eating) kite, frog, and osprey’ (locative of occasion)
विष्किरेin the case of the viṣkira bird
विष्किरे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्किर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7 विभक्ति), एकवचन; पक्षिविशेषः
कृच्छ्रम्the Kṛcchra penance
कृच्छ्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2 विभक्ति), एकवचन; व्रतनाम
आचरेत्should practice/perform
आचरेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
Speaker

Narrator-sage instructing on dharma and prāyaścitta (within the Kurma Purana’s discourse tradition)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bibhatsa

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities
D
Dvija (twice-born)
M
Mahā-sāṃtapana
K
Kṛcchra

FAQs

This verse does not directly teach Ātman-metaphysics; it focuses on śauca (purity) and prāyaścitta, supporting the dharmic discipline that steadies the mind for higher knowledge taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana (including the Ishvara Gita).

No formal yoga technique is described; instead, it prescribes austerities (tapas) like Mahā-sāṃtapana and Kṛcchra as ethical-purificatory disciplines, which function as preparatory limbs for inner steadiness in broader Purāṇic sādhanā.

The verse is a dharma/prāyaścitta rule and does not explicitly discuss Śiva–Viṣṇu unity; it belongs to the Kurma Purana’s practical dharma layer that complements its later synthetic theology and yoga teachings.

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