Kurma Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 91
Adhyāya 25 — Liṅga-māhātmya (The Chapter on the Liṅga): Hari’s Śiva-Worship and the Fiery Pillar Theophany
अथोवाच महादेवः प्रीतो ऽहं सुरसत्तमौ / पश्येतं मां महादेवं भयं सर्वं प्रमुच्यताम्
athovāca mahādevaḥ prīto 'haṃ surasattamau / paśyetaṃ māṃ mahādevaṃ bhayaṃ sarvaṃ pramucyatām
Alors Mahādeva parla : «Ô vous, les plus éminents parmi les dieux, je suis comblé. Contemplez-moi—Mahādeva—et que toute crainte soit entièrement dissipée.»
Shiva (Mahadeva)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
By linking fearlessness to the direct vision of Mahādeva, the verse implies that true security comes from realizing the divine presence as the innermost refuge beyond change—an Atman-centered, grace-supported liberation from भय (bhaya).
The verse points to darśana—steadfast contemplative “seeing” of the Lord—as a practical spiritual method: sustained attention, devotion, and inner recollection culminating in abhaya (fearlessness), a key fruit aligned with Pāśupata-oriented surrender and divine anugraha.
While speaking in a Shaiva voice, the Kurma Purana’s broader synthesis treats such divine assurance as a universal function of Īśvara: fear is removed through the Lord’s grace, harmonizing Shaiva devotion with the Purana’s Vishnu-centered framework.