Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 108
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
प्रयागस्य च माहात्म्यं क्षेत्राणामथ कीर्तिनम् / फलं च विपुलं विप्रा मार्कण्डेयस्य निर्गमः
prayāgasya ca māhātmyaṃ kṣetrāṇāmatha kīrtinam / phalaṃ ca vipulaṃ viprā mārkaṇḍeyasya nirgamaḥ
Hier werden die Größe von Prayāga, die Verkündigung des Ruhmes der heiligen Stätten und die reiche geistige Frucht solcher Verdienste—o Brāhmaṇas—sowie der Abschied Mārkaṇḍeyas dargelegt: dies sind die Themen hier.
Suta (narrator) summarizing the upcoming/ongoing section for the assembled sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is a topic-marker for tīrtha-māhātmya and phala (spiritual results); it does not directly define Ātman, but frames dharmic means—such as pilgrimage and kṣetra-praise—as supports for inner purification that traditionally prepares one for Self-knowledge.
No explicit yoga-technique is taught in this line; it emphasizes tīrtha-sevā and kṣetra-kīrtana as dharmic disciplines whose “vipula phala” is understood to aid mental purity and devotional focus—often treated as preparatory (sādhana) alongside mantra, japa, and vrata in Purāṇic practice.
This verse does not mention Śiva or Viṣṇu directly; it reflects the Purāṇic synthesis indirectly by valuing sacred geography and merit discourse that, across the Kurma Purana, is shared by both Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava sacred frameworks.