Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 87
Brahmā’s Lotus-Birth, the Sealing of the Cosmic Womb, and the Epiphany of Parameśvara
Hari–Hara Samanvaya
इतीदमुक्त्वा भगवाननादिः स्वमायया मोहितभूतभेदः / जगाम जन्मर्धिविनाशहीनं धामैकमव्यक्तमनन्तशक्तिः
itīdamuktvā bhagavānanādiḥ svamāyayā mohitabhūtabhedaḥ / jagāma janmardhivināśahīnaṃ dhāmaikamavyaktamanantaśaktiḥ
Having thus spoken, the Blessed Lord—beginningless and of infinite power—whose own Māyā makes embodied beings perceive division and difference, departed to that single, unmanifest abode which is beyond birth, growth, and destruction.
Sūta (narrator) describing the Lord’s departure after instruction
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It points to a single, unmanifest reality beyond change—free from birth, increase, and decay—implying the Supreme as immutable and non-dual, while perceived plurality arises through Māyā.
The verse emphasizes the yogic discernment that pierces Māyā-created bheda (difference). In Kurma Purana’s Yoga-oriented teaching, liberation involves steady contemplation of the avyakta (unmanifest) and detachment from the changing states of embodied existence.
By stressing one unmanifest dhāma beyond all dualities, it supports the Purana’s integrative stance: sectarian distinctions are secondary to realization of the single Supreme, expressed through both Shaiva and Vaishnava idioms.