Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.27

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vyāsa uvāca
evaṃ gṛhāśrame sthitvā dvitīyaṃ bhāgamāyuṣaḥ /
vānaprasthāśramaṃ gacchet sadāraḥ sāgnireva ca
nikṣipya bhāryāṃ putreṣu gacched vanamathāpi vā /
dṛṣṭvāpatyasya cāpatyaṃ jarjarīkṛtavigrahaḥ

śuklapakṣasya pūrvāhne praśaste cottarāyaṇe /
gatvāraṇyaṃ niyamavāṃstapaḥ kuryāt samāhitaḥ

phalamūlāni pūtāni nityamāhāramāharet /
yatāhāro bhavet tena pūjayet pitṛdevatāḥ

pūjayitvātithiṃ nityaṃ snātvā cābhyarcayet surān /
gṛhādāhṛtya cāśnīyādaṣṭau grāsān samāhitaḥ

jaṭāśca bibhṛyānnityaṃ nakharomāṇi notsṛjet /
svādhyāyaṃ sarvadā kuryānniyacched vācamanyataḥ

agnihotraṃ ca juhuyāt pañcayajñān samācaret /
munyannaiṃrvividhairmedhyaiḥ śākamūlaphalena vā

cīravāsā bhavennityaṃ snāyāt triṣavaṇaṃ śuciḥ /
sarvabhūtānukampī syāt pratigrahavivarjitaḥ

darśena paurṇamāsena yajet niyataṃ dvijaḥ /
ṛkṣeṣvāgrayaṇe caiva cāturmāsyāni cāharet /
uttarāyaṇaṃ ca kramaśo dakṣasyāyanameva ca

vāsantaiḥ śāradairmedhyairmunyannaiḥ svayamāhṛtaiḥ /
puroḍāśāṃścarūṃścaiva vidhivannirvapet pṛthak

devatābhyaśca tad hutvā vanyaṃ medhyataraṃ haviḥ /
śeṣaṃ samupabhuñjīta lavaṇaṃ ca svayaṃ kṛtam

varjayenmadhumāṃsāni bhaumāni kavakāni ca /
bhūstṛṇaṃ śigrukaṃ caiva śleṣmātakaphalāni ca

na phālakṛṣṭamaśnīyādutsṛṣṭamapi kenacit /
na grāmajātānyārto 'pi puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca

śrāvaṇenaiva vidhinā vahniṃ paricaret sadā /
na druhyet sarvabhūtāni nirdvandvo nirbhayo bhavet

na naktaṃ kiñcidaśnīyād rātrau dhyānaparo bhavet /
jitendriyo jitakrodhastattvajñānavicintakaḥ /
brahmacārī bhavennityaṃ na patnīmapi saṃśrayet

yastu patnyā vanaṃ gatvā maithunaṃ kāmataścaret /
tad vrataṃ tasya lupyeta prāyaścittīyate dvijaḥ

tatra yo jāyate garbho na saṃspṛśyo dvijātibhiḥ /
na hi vede 'dhikāro 'sya tadvaṃśepyevameva hi

adhaḥ śayīta satataṃ sāvitrījāpyatatparaḥ /
śaraṇyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ saṃvibhāgaparaḥ sadā

parivādaṃ mṛṣāvādaṃ nidrālasyaṃ vivarjayet /
ekāgniraniketaḥ syāt prokṣitāṃ bhūmimāśrayet

mṛgaiḥ saha cared vāsaṃ taiḥ sahaiva ca saṃvaset /
śilāyāṃ śarkarāyāṃ vā śayīta susamāhitaḥ

sadyaḥ prakṣālako vā syānmāsasaṃcayiko 'pi vā /
ṣaṇmāsanicayo vā syāt samānicaya eva vā

tyajedāśvayuje māsi saṃpannaṃ pūrvasaṃcitam /
jīrṇāni caiva vāsāṃsi śākamūlaphalāni ca

dantolūkhaliko vāsyāt kāpotīṃ vṛttimāśrayet /
aśmakuṭṭo bhaved vāpi kālapakvabhugeva vā

naktaṃ cānna samaśnīyād divā cāhṛtya śaktitaḥ /
caturthakāliko vā syāt syādvāpyaṣṭamakālikaḥ

cāndrāyaṇavidhānairvā śukle kṛṣṇe ca vartayet /
pakṣe pakṣe samaśnīyād yavāgūṃ kvathitāṃ sakṛt

puṣpamūlaphalairvāpi kevalairvartayet sadā /
svābhāvikaiḥ svayaṃ śīrṇairvaikhānasamate sthitaḥ

bhūmau vā parivarteta tiṣṭhed vā prapadairdinam /
sthānāsanābhyāṃ viharenna kvacid dhairyamutsṛjet

grīṣme pañcatapāśca syād varṣāsvabhrāvakāśakaḥ /
ārdravāsāstu hemante kramaśo vardhayaṃstapaḥ

upaspṛśya triṣavaṇaṃ pitṛdevāṃśca tarpayet /
ekapādena tiṣṭheta marīcīn vā pibet tadā

pañcāgnirdhūmapo vā syāduṣmapaḥ somapo 'pi vā /
payaḥ pibecchuklapakṣe kṛṣṇāpakṣe tu gomayam /
śīrṇaparṇāśano vā syāt kṛcchrair vā vartayet sadā

yogābhyāsarataśca syād rudrādhyāyī bhavet sadā /
atharvaśiraso 'dhyetā vedāntābhyāsatatparaḥ

yamān seveta satataṃ niyamāṃścāpyatandritaḥ /
kṛṣṇājinī sottarīyaḥ śuklayajñopavītavān

atha cāgnīn samāropya svātmani dhyānatatparaḥ /
anagniraniketaḥ syānmunirmokṣaparo bhavet

tāpaseṣveva vipreṣu yātrikaṃ bhaikṣamāharet /
gṛhamedhiṣu cānyeṣu dvijeṣu vanavāsiṣu

grāmādāhṛtya vāśnīyādaṣṭau grāsān vane vasan /
pratigṛhya puṭenaiva pāṇinā śakalena vā

vividhāścopaniṣada ātmasaṃsiddhaye japet /
vidyāviśeṣān sāvitrīṃ rudrādhyāyaṃ tathaiva ca

mahāprāsthānikaṃ cāsau kuryādanaśanaṃ tu vā /
agnipraveśamanyad vā brarhmārpaṇavidhau sthitaḥ

yastu samyagimamāśramaṃ śivaṃ
saṃśrayedaśivapuñjanāśanam /
tāpasaḥ sa paramaiśvaraṃ padaṃ
yāti yatra jagato 'sya saṃsthitiḥ