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Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.15

2.15.1

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge caturdaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vyāsa uvāca
vedaṃ vedau tathā vedān vedān vā caturo dvijāḥ /
adhītya cādhigamyārthaṃ tataḥ snāyād dvijottamaḥ

2.15.2

gurave tu varaṃ dattvā snāyīta tadanujñayā /
cīrṇavrato 'tha yuktātmā saśaktaḥ snātumarhati

2.15.3

vaiṇavīṃ dhārayed yaṣṭimantarvāsastathottaram /
yajñopavītadvitayaṃ sodakaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum

2.15.4

chatraṃ coṣṇīṣamamalaṃ pāduke cāpyupānahau /
raukme ca kuṇḍale vedaṃ kṛttakeśanakhaḥ śuciḥ

2.15.5

svādhyāye nityayuktaḥ syād bahirmālyaṃ na dhārayet /
anyatrakāñcanād vipronaraktāṃ bibhṛyāt strajam

2.15.6

śuklāmbaradharo nityaṃ sugandhaḥ priyadarśanaḥ /
na jīrṇamalavadvāsā bhaved vai vibhave sati

2.15.7

na raktamulbaṇaṃ cānyadhṛtaṃ vāso na kuṇḍikām /
nopānahau strajaṃ cātha pāduke ca prayojayet

2.15.8

upavītamalaṅkāraṃ darbhān kṛṣṇājināni ca /
nāpasavyaṃ parīdadhyād vāso na vikṛtaṃ vaset

2.15.9

āhared vidhivad dārān sadṛśānātmanaḥ śubhān /
rūpalakṣaṇasaṃyuktān yonidoṣavivarjitān

2.15.10

amātṛgotraprabhavāmasamānarṣigotrajām /
āhared brāhmaṇo bhāryāṃ śīlaśaucasamanvitām

2.15.11

ṛtukālābhigāmī syād yāvat putro 'bhijāyate /
varjayet pratiṣiddhāni prayatnena dināni tu

2.15.12

ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamīṃ pañcadaśīṃ dvādaśīṃ ca caturdaśīm /
brahmacārī bhavennityaṃ tadvajjanmatrayāhani

2.15.13

ādadhītāvasathyāgniṃ juhuyājjātavedasam /
vratāni snātako nityaṃ pāvanāni ca pālayet

2.15.14

vedoditaṃ svakaṃ karma nityaṃ kuryādatandritaḥ /
akurvāṇaḥ patatyāśu narakānatibhīṣaṇān

2.15.15

abyaset prayato vedaṃ mahāyajñān na hāpayet /
kuryād gṛhyāṇi karmāṇi saṃdhyopāsanameva ca

2.15.16

sakhyaṃ samādhaikaiḥ kuryādupeyādīśvaraṃ sadā /
daivatānyapi gaccheta kuryād bhāryābhipoṣaṇam

2.15.17

na dharmaṃ khyāpayed vidvān na pāpaṃ gūhayedapi /
kurvotātmahitaṃ nityaṃ sarvabhūtānikampakaḥ

2.15.18

vayasaḥ karmaṇor'thasya śrutasyābhijanasya ca /
veṣavāgbuddhisārūpyamācaran vicaret sadā

2.15.19

śrutismṛtyuditaḥ samyak sādhubhiryaśca sevitaḥ /
tamācāraṃ niṣeveta nehetānyatra karhicit

2.15.20

yenāsya pitaro yātā yena yātāḥ pitāmahāḥ /
tena yāyāt satāṃ mārgaṃ tena gacchan na riṣyati

2.15.21

nityaṃ svādhyāyaśīlaḥ syānnityaṃ yajñopavītavān /
satyavādī jitakrodho brahmabhūyāya kalpate

2.15.22

saṃdhyāsnānaparo nityaṃ brahmayajñuparāyaṇaḥ /
anasūyī mṛdurdānto gṛhasthaḥ pretya vardhate

2.15.23

vītarāgabhayakrodho lobhamohavivarjitaḥ /
sāvitrījāpyanirataḥ śrāddhakṛnmucyate gṛhī

2.15.24

mātāpitrorhite yukto gobrāhmaṇahite rataḥ /
dānto yajvā devabhakto brahmaloke mahīyate

2.15.25

trivargasevī satataṃ devatānāṃ ca pūjanam /
kuryādaharaharnityaṃ namasyet prayataḥ surān

2.15.26

vibhāgaśīlaḥ satataṃ kṣamāyukto dayālukaḥ /
gṛhasthastu samākhyāto na gṛheṇa gṛhī bhavet

2.15.27

kṣamā dayā ca vijñānaṃ satyaṃ caiva damaḥ śamaḥ /
adhyātmanirataṃ jñānametad brāhmaṇalakṣaṇam

2.15.28

etasmānna pramādyeta viśeṣeṇa dvijottamaḥ /
yathāśaktiṃ caran karma ninditāni vivarjayet

2.15.29

vidhūya mohakalilaṃ labdhvā yogamanuttamam /
gṛhastho mucyate bandhāt nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

2.15.30

vigarhātikramākṣepahiṃsābandhavadhātmanām /
anyamanyusamutthānāṃ doṣāṇāṃ marṣaṇaṃ kṣamā

2.15.31

svaduḥ kheṣviva kāruṇyaṃ paraduḥ kheṣu sauhṛdāt /
dayeti munayaḥ prāhuḥ sākṣād dharmasya sādhanam

2.15.32

caturdaśānāṃ vidyānāṃ dhāraṇaṃ hi yatārthataḥ /
vijñānamiti tad vidyād yena dharmo vivardhate

2.15.33

adhītya vidhivad vidyāmarthaṃ caivopalabhya tu /
dharmakāryānnivṛttaścenna tad vijñānamiṣyate

2.15.34

satyena lokāñjayati satyaṃ tatparamaṃ padam /
yathābhūtapravād tu satyamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

2.15.35

damaḥ śarīroparamaḥ śamaḥ prajñāprisādajaḥ /
adhyātmamakṣaraṃ vidyād yatra gatvā na śocati

2.15.36

yayā sa devo bhagavān vidyayā vedyate paraḥ /
sākṣād devo mahādevastajjñānamiti kīrtitam

2.15.37

tanniṣṭhastatparo vidvānnityamakrodhanaḥ śuciḥ /
mahāyajñaparo vipro labhate tadanuttamam

2.15.38

dharmasyāyatanaṃ yatnāccharīraṃ paripālayet /
na hi dehaṃ vinā rudraḥ puruṣairvidyate paraḥ

2.15.39

nityadharmārthakāmeṣu yujyeta niyato dvijaḥ /
na dharmavarjitaṃ kāmamarthaṃ vā manasā smaret

2.15.40

sīdannapi hi dharmeṇa na tvadharmaṃ samācaret /
dharmo hi bhagavān devo gatiḥ sarveṣu jantuṣu

2.15.41

bhūtānāṃ priyakārī syāt na paradrohakarmadhīḥ /
na vedadevatānindāṃ kuryāt taiśca na saṃvaset

2.15.42

yastvimaṃ niyataṃ vipro dharmādhyāyaṃ paṭhecchuciḥ /
adhyāpayet śrāvayed vā brahmaloke mahīyate

Original text: Kūrmapurāṇa · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0