Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 13

Tīrtha-Māhātmya: Mahālaya, Kedāra, Rivers and Fords, and Devadāru Forest

Akṣaya-Karma Doctrine

Devanagari script

अन्यच्च तीर्थप्रवरं नाम्ना श्रीपर्वतं शुभम् / तत्र प्राणान् परित्यज्य रुद्रस्य दयितो भवेत्

Transliteration

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ nāmnā śrīparvataṃ śubham / tatra prāṇān parityajya rudrasya dayito bhavet

Translation

وزيادةً على ذلك، ثمّة مَعلَمُ حجٍّ أسمى مبارك يُدعى «شري بارڤتا». من يترك نَفَسَ الحياة هناك يصير محبوبًا لدى رودرا (شيفا).

Word by Word

• anyat: another (thing/place)
• anyat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); pronominal adjective

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• tīrtha-pravaram: the foremost sacred ford/place
• tīrtha-pravaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + pravara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: tīrthānāṃ pravaram

• nāmnā: by name
• nāmnā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• śrī-parvatam: Śrīparvata (the auspicious mountain)
• śrī-parvatam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: śrīmān parvataḥ (name)

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with śrīparvatam

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• prāṇān: life-breaths; life
• prāṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)

• parityajya: having abandoned; giving up
• parityajya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), from √tyaj with prefix pari-; indeclinable verbal form

• rudrasya: of Rudra
• rudrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• dayitaḥ: beloved
• dayitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dayita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate nominative

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing King Indradyumna (tirtha-mahatmya context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Śrīparvata
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Tīrtha

More Details (4 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it emphasizes that proximity to Rudra through a tīrtha and the surrender of prāṇa can orient the seeker toward liberation; the Atman is approached by renunciation and God-centered remembrance rather than mere worldly identity.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse points to tyāga (renunciation) and śaraṇāgati (self-surrender) as core disciplines; within Kurma Purana’s Pāśupata-leaning framework, such surrender is aligned with devotion to Rudra and purification through tīrtha-sevā.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

With synthesis: Lord Kurma teaches a fruit connected to Rudra, presenting Śiva-devotion and tīrtha-mahātmyas as fully valid within a Vaiṣṇava narrative voice—typical of the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva-Vaishnava unity.