Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 123
Prākṛta-pralaya, Pratisarga Doctrine, and the Ishvara-Samanvaya of Yoga and Devotion
यः पठेत् सततं मर्त्यो नियमेन समाहितः / सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
yaḥ paṭhet satataṃ martyo niyamena samāhitaḥ / sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate
Jeder Sterbliche, der dies unablässig rezitiert, in Zucht und mit gesammelt ruhigem Geist, wird von allen Sünden befreit und in der Welt Brahmās geehrt.
Sūta (narrator), conveying the text’s phala-śruti in the Kurma Purana’s discourse tradition
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It emphasizes inner purification through disciplined recitation and collected awareness; the implied teaching is that steady svādhyāya with samādhāna removes pāpa and aligns one toward higher states (here expressed as Brahmaloka), a prerequisite for realizing the Self.
The verse highlights niyama (regulated discipline) and samāhita-citta (a gathered, concentrated mind), pointing to yogic steadiness applied to svādhyāya/recitation—an approach consistent with Kurma Purana’s broader yoga-śāstra ethos.
This specific verse is non-sectarian in wording: it teaches a universal purāṇic method—disciplined recitation with concentration—without asserting a sectarian divide, aligning with the Kurma Purana’s broader Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis in practice-oriented spirituality.