Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.24

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge trayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vyāsa uvāca
agnihotraṃ tu juhuyādādyante 'harniśoḥ sadā /
darśena caiva pakṣānte paurṇamāsena caiva hi

śasyānte navaśasyeṣṭyā tathartvante dvijo 'dhvaraiḥ /
paśunā tvayanasyānte samānte saumikairmakhaiḥ

nāniṣṭvā navaśasyeṣṭyā paśunā vāgnimān dvijaḥ /
navānnamadyānmāṃsaṃ vā dīrghamāyurjijīviṣuḥ

navenānnena cāniṣṭvā paśuhavyena cāganyaḥ /
prāṇānevāttumicchanti navānnāmiṣagṛddhinaḥ

sāvitrān śāntihomāṃśca kuryāt parvasu nityaśaḥ /
pitṝṃścaivāṣṭakāsvarcan nityamanvaṣṭakāsu ca

eṣa dharmaḥ paro nityamapadharmo 'nya ucyate /
trayāṇāmiha varṇānāṃ gṛhasthāśramavāsinām

nāstikyādathavālasyād yo 'gnīn nādhātumicchati /
yajeta vā na yajñena sa yāti narakān bahūn

tāmistramandhatāmistraṃ mahārauravarauravau /
kumbhīpākaṃ vaitaraṇīmasipatravanaṃ tathā

anyāṃśca narakān ghorān saṃprāpyānte sudurmatiḥ /
antyajānāṃ kule viprāḥ śūdrayonau ca jāyate

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena brāhmaṇo hi viśeṣataḥ /
ādhāyāgniṃ viśuddhātmā yajeta parameśvaram

agnihotrāt paro dharmo dvijānāṃ neha vidyate /
tasmādārādhayennityamagnihotreṇa śāśvatam

yaścādhāyāgnimālasyānna yaṣṭuṃ devamicchati /
so 'sau mūḍho na saṃbhāṣyaḥ kiṃ punarnāstiko janaḥ

yasya traivārṣikaṃ bhaktaṃ paryāptaṃ bhṛtyavṛttaye /
adhikaṃ cāpi vidyeta sa somaṃ pātumarhati

eṣa vai sarvayajñānāṃ somaḥ prathama iṣyate /
somenārādhayed devaṃ somalokamaheśvaram

na somayāgādadhiko maheśārādhane kratuḥ /
samo vā vidyate tasmāt somenābhyarcayet param

pitāmahena viprāṇāmādāvabhihitaḥ śubhaḥ /
dharmo vimuktaye sākṣācchrautaḥ smārto dvidhā punaḥ

śrautastretāgnisaṃbandhāt smārtaḥ pūrvaṃ mayoditaḥ /
śreyaskaratamaḥ śrautastasmācchrautaṃ samācaret

ubhāvabhihitau dharmau vedādeva viniḥ sṛtau /
śiṣṭācārastṛtīyaḥ syācchratismṛtyoralābhataḥ

dharmeṇābhigato yaistu vedaḥ saparibṛṃhaṇaḥ /
te śiṣṭā brāhmaṇāḥ proktā nityamātmaguṇānvitāḥ

teṣāmabhimato yaḥ syāccetasā nityameva hi /
sa dharmaḥ kathitaḥ sadbhirnānyeṣāmiti dhāraṇā

purāṇaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ ca vedānāmupabṛṃhaṇam /
ekasmād brahmavijñānaṃ dharmajñānaṃ tathaikataḥ

dharmaṃ jijñāsamānānāṃ tatpramāṇataraṃ smṛtam /
dharmaśāstraṃ purāṇaṃ tad brahmajñāne parā pramā

nānyato jāyate dharmo brahmavidyā ca vaidikī /
tasmād dharmaṃ purāṇaṃ ca śraddhātavyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ