Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 4
Meru-Topography: Cities of Brahmā and the Dikpālas; Descent of Gaṅgā; Varṣa-Lotus and Boundary Mountains
स सिद्धैरृषिगन्धर्वैः पूज्यमानः सुरैरपि / समास्ते योगयुक्तत्मा पीत्वा तत्परमामृतम्
sa siddhairṛṣigandharvaiḥ pūjyamānaḥ surairapi / samāste yogayuktatmā pītvā tatparamāmṛtam
Verehrt von Siddhas, ṛṣis und Gandharvas — ja selbst von den Göttern — bleibt er sitzend, das innere Selbst im Yoga gesammelt, nachdem er jenes höchste Amṛta, den Nektar, getrunken hat.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration in the Kurma Purana’s Purva-bhaga; speaker not explicitly identifiable from the single verse alone)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents realization as “drinking the supreme nectar”—a metaphor for directly tasting the deathless essence (amṛta) through yogic absorption, where the self rests established beyond ordinary change.
The key practice indicated is yoga-yuktātmatā—steady inner yoking/absorption culminating in a seated, established state (samāste), suggestive of sustained dhyāna leading toward samādhi and liberation.
Though neither name appears, the verse reflects the Kurma Purana’s shared yogic soteriology—liberation through the supreme amṛta—compatible with both Shaiva (Pāśupata-yogic) and Vaishnava (parama-tattva) framings, emphasizing unity in goal and method.