Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 10
Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Kali-yuga Dharma, and the Prohibition of Śiva-Nindā
Hari–Hara Samanvaya
ये मां जनाः संस्मरन्ति कलौ सकृदपि प्रभुम् / तेषां नश्यतु तत् पापं भक्तानां पुरुषोत्तमे
ye māṃ janāḥ saṃsmaranti kalau sakṛdapi prabhum / teṣāṃ naśyatu tat pāpaṃ bhaktānāṃ puruṣottame
Im Kali-Zeitalter: selbst wer Meiner—des Herrn—auch nur ein einziges Mal gedenkt, dem möge die Sünde der Hingebenen vergehen; denn Ich bin Puruṣottama, der Höchste unter allen Wesen.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) speaking as the Supreme Lord, teaching the power of bhakti and smaraṇa in Kali-yuga
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By calling the Lord “Prabhu” and “Purushottama,” the verse presents the Supreme as the highest Ishvara whose grace purifies; remembrance aligns the individual with that supreme reality and dissolves accumulated pāpa.
The practice emphasized is smaraṇa (mindful recollection of the Lord), a bhakti-based discipline that functions as an accessible Kali-yuga sādhana, supporting inner purification that complements yogic restraint and devotion-centered practice.
Though voiced as Purushottama (a Vaishnava epithet), the teaching matches the Kurma Purana’s broader Ishvara-centered synthesis: remembrance of the one Supreme Lord (Ishvara) is salvific, harmonizing Shaiva and Vaishnava devotional frameworks.