Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.28

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge saptaviśo 'dhyāya
vyāsa uvāca
evaṃ vanāśrame sthitvā tṛtīyaṃ bhāgamāyuṣaḥ /
caturthamāyuṣo bhāgaṃ saṃnyāsena nayet kramāt

agnīnātmanī saṃsthāpya dvijaḥ pravrajito bhavet /
yogābhyāsarataḥ śānto brahmavidyāparāyaṇaḥ

yadā manasi saṃjātaṃ vaitṛṣṇyaṃ sarvavastuṣu /
tadā saṃnyāsamicchecca patitaḥ syād viparyaye

prājāpatyāṃ nirūpyeṣṭimāgneyīmathavā punaḥ /
dāntaḥ pakvakaṣāyo 'sau brahmāśramamupāśrayet

jñānasaṃnyāsinaḥ kecid vedasaṃnyāsinaḥ pare /
karmasaṃnyāsinastvanye trividhāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

yaḥ sarvasaṅganirmukto nirdvandvaścaiva nirbhayaḥ /
procyate jñānasaṃnyāsī svātmanyeva vyavasthitaḥ

vedamevābhyasennityaṃ nirāśī niṣparigrahaḥ /
procyate vedasaṃnyāsī mumukṣurvijitendriyaḥ

yastvagnīnātmasātkṛtvā brahmārpaṇaparo dvijaḥ /
jñeyaḥ sa karmasaṃnyāsī mahāyajñaparāyaṇaḥ

trayāṇāmapi caiteṣāṃ jñānī tvabhyadhiko mataḥ /
na tasya vidyate kāryaṃ na liṅgaṃ vā vipaścitaḥ

nirmamo nirbhayaḥ śānto nirdvandvaḥ parṇabhojanaḥ /
jīrṇakaupīnavāsāḥ syānnagno vā dhyānatatparaḥ

brahmacārī mitāhāro grāmādannaṃ samāharet /
adhyātmamatirāsīta nirapekṣo nirāmiṣaḥ

ātmanaiva sahāyena sukhārthaṃ vicarediha /
nābhinandeta maraṇaṃ nābhinandeta jīvitam

kālameva pratīkṣeta nideśaṃ bhṛtako yathā /
nādhyetavyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ śrotavyaṃ na kadācana /
evaṃ jñātvā paro yogī brahmabhūyāya kalpate

ekavāsāthavā vidvān kaupīnācchādanastathā /
muṇḍī śikhī vātha bhavet tridaṇḍī niṣparigrahaḥ /
kāṣāyavāsāḥ satataṃ dhyānayogaparāyaṇaḥ

grāmānte vṛkṣamūle vā vased devālaye 'pi vā /
samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ /
bhaikṣyeṇa vartayennityaṃ naikānnādī bhavet kvacit

yastu mohena vālasyādekānnādī bhaved yatiḥ /
na tasya niṣkṛtiḥ kācid dharmaśāstreṣu kathyate

rāgadveṣavimuktātmā samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ /
prāṇihaṃsānivṛttaśca maunī syāt sarvanispṛhaḥ

dṛṣṭipūtaṃ nyaset pādaṃ vastrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet /
satyapūtāṃ vaded vāṇīṃ manaḥ pūtaṃ samācaret

naikatra nivased deśe varṣābhyo 'nyatra bhikṣukaḥ /
snānaśaucarato nityaṃ kamaṇḍalukaraḥ śuciḥ

brahmacaryarato nityaṃ vanavāsarato bhavet /
mokṣaśāstreṣu nirato brahmasūtrī jitendriyaḥ

dambhāhaṅkāranirmukto nindāpaiśunyavarjitaḥ /
ātmajñānaguṇopeto yatirmokṣamavāpnuyāt

abhyaset satataṃ vedaṃ praṇavākhyaṃ sanātanam /
snātvācamya vidhānena śucirdevālayādiṣu

yajñopavītī śāntātmā kuśapāṇiḥ samāhitaḥ /
dhautakāṣāyavasano bhasmacchannatanūrahaḥ

adhiyajñaṃ brahma japedādhidaivikameva ca /
ādhyātmikaṃ ca satataṃ vedāntābhihitaṃ ca yat

putreṣu vātha nivasan brahmacārī yatirmuniḥ /
vedamevābhyasennityaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ tapaḥ param /
kṣamā dayā ca satoṣo vratānyasya viśeṣataḥ

vedāntajñānaniṣṭho vā pañca yajñān samāhitaḥ /
kuryādaharahaḥ snātvā bhikṣānnenaiva tena hi

homamantrāñjapennityaṃ kāle kāle samāhitaḥ /
svādhyāyaṃ cānvahaṃ kuryāt sāvitrīṃ saṃdhyayorjapet

dhyāyīta satataṃ devamekānte parameśvaram /
ekānnaṃ varjayennityaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham

ekavāsā dvivāsā vā śikhī yajñopavītavān /
kamaṇḍalukaro vidvān tridaṇḍī yāti tatparam