Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 89
Brahmacārin-Dharma: Guru-Sevā, Daily Vedic Study, Gāyatrī-Japa, and Anadhyāya Regulations
एवमीश्वरसमर्पितान्तरो यो ऽनुतिष्ठति विधिं विधानवित् / मोहजालमपहाय सो ऽमृतो याति तत् पदमनामयं शिवम्
evamīśvarasamarpitāntaro yo 'nutiṣṭhati vidhiṃ vidhānavit / mohajālamapahāya so 'mṛto yāti tat padamanāmayaṃ śivam
Thus, one whose inner being is offered to the Lord, and who—knowing the proper ordinance—performs the prescribed discipline: casting off the net of delusion, that person becomes deathless and attains that stainless, sorrowless, auspicious state—Śiva.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing on the liberating discipline aligned with Śiva-tattva
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It implies that immortality is realized when delusion (moha) is removed through inner surrender to Īśvara; the goal is the “padam” that is anāmaya (free from affliction) and śiva (supremely auspicious), indicating the Self’s deathless reality when ignorance is dispelled.
The verse emphasizes īśvara-samarpana (offering the inner life and actions to the Lord) together with disciplined observance of vidhi under correct method (vidhāna). This aligns with the Kurma Purana’s Pāśupata-leaning stress on regulated sādhana, purification of mind, and cutting through moha as the direct condition for liberation.
With Vishnu (as Lord Kūrma) teaching attainment of “śivam padam,” the text frames Śiva not merely as a sectarian deity but as the auspicious supreme state—showing a non-contradictory Shaiva-Vaishnava synthesis where surrender to Īśvara culminates in Śiva-tattva (the auspicious absolute).