Kurma Purana — Uttara Bhaga, Shloka 23
Tīrtha-māhātmya and Rudra’s Samanvaya Teaching
Maṅkaṇaka Episode
अन्यच्च तीर्थप्रवरं पूर्वदेशे सुशोभनम् / एकाम्रं देवदेवस्य गाणपत्यफलप्रदम्
anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ pūrvadeśe suśobhanam / ekāmraṃ devadevasya gāṇapatyaphalapradam
And there is yet another foremost and splendid sacred ford in the eastern region—Ekāmra, belonging to the God of gods (Īśvara), which bestows the fruits associated with the Gaṇapatya path, devotion to Gaṇeśa.
Narrator-sage (Purāṇic discourse describing tīrthas; traditionally transmitted in the Vyāsa–sūta/sage-to-sage style)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse is primarily tīrtha-māhātmya (pilgrimage praise), not a direct Ātman teaching; it implies that sacred places connected with divine presence can become supports for purification and merit, preparing one for higher knowledge taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana.
No explicit yogic technique is stated; the practice implied is tīrtha-sevā—pilgrimage, worship, and disciplined devotion. In the Kurma Purana’s broader framework, such purification supports later Shaiva-Vaishnava sādhanā, including Pāśupata-oriented restraint and devotion.
By presenting a revered Śaiva locus (Deva-deva’s Ekāmra) within a Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa’s sacred geography, the text models harmony: devotion to Śiva (and Gaṇapati) is affirmed as spiritually fruitful within the Kurma Purana’s integrative Shaiva–Vaishnava vision.